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• • • Options for Televising Council Meetings The assumption form the wording of the charter amendment is that all regular open council meetings (including the public comment/open mike portion) and all council work sessions will be televised. Most of the following information was obtained from the city's cable provider, North Metro Cable. They noted that they have limited information to offer since no other cities in the North Metro Cable area are televising any meetings outside of their council chamber facilities. Utilize the council chambers for all meetings • Live coverage possible • Equipment is in place; technician services would be an additional cost ($12 per hour with a 3 hour minimum). • Less formal atmosphere not an option • Would displace other meetings (Park Board meets on the first Monday of the month) Rearrange the council chambers for less formal work sessions • Live coverage possible • Equipment is in place; technician services would be an additional cost ($12 per hour with a 3 hour minimum). • Maintains a less formal environment by not using the dais • Audio would be a problem since microphones are on the dais; would need to purchase a microphone but sound may still not be good • Custodian would have to take time out of her schedule to move tables from the community room, move chairs and set up the room. • Work sessions prior to council meeting routinely run past 6:30. The room would now have to be re- arranged to accommodate the council meeting. Continue to meet outside the council chambers for work sessions but televise the meetings through use of remote equipment • Live coverage possible • Quality is the biggest concern noted by cable television professionals — difficult to get good audio, a single camera is very limiting, equipment will record for a limited time causing the need to stop meetings to reset equipment • North Metro TV has diagramed the equipment needed for a quality broadcast at $15,000 - $20,000.