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RESOLllTION NO. 5369
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING CABLE TELEVISING OPERATING POLICIES
FOR CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW CITY MEETINGS
\VHEREAS, the Mounds View City and thc Mounds View CabIc Television Committee have
discussed the merits of a policy for camera usc and televising of city meetings; and
WHEREAS, the Council and Committee have reached an agreed upon set of operating policics;
BE IT NOW RESOLVED, that the Mounds View City Council approves the following
operating policies for all future televised city meetings:
Policies for Cablecasting Meetings of the Mounds View City Council
And Designated Commissions of Government
Procedural Policy
1. The Technical Dircctor is responsibJe for camera coverage of the meeting.
'") All mcetings will be covered "gavel-to-gaveL" which includes evcrything that transpires
bctwcen thc official convening and adjournment by thc mecting chairpcrson.
3.
Members ofthc public who wish to address thc convcning body arc required to present
their remarks at the podium or at a microphoncd area provided.
4. The Mayor or presiding officer is responsible for dirccting members of the audicnce in
the corrcct lIse of the podium microphone or speaking area.
Technical Policy
1. Camera shots will be framed to include only the pcrson who is speaking.
2.
Wide shots of the meeting may be used to brietly punctuate camera coverage oflong
statcments or reports.
3.
Pauses betwcen shots are necessary to accommodate thc time for the T cchnical Director
to choose the ncxt shot and for the wall-mounted automatic camera system in thc Council
Chambcr to go from one shot to another.
4.
Camcra shots of citizcns addrcssing the council, commission or committee may includc
members of the audience, but thcy are seen only as background to the speaker at the
podium or microphoned area.
Mounds Vicw Cable Committee
Septcmber 14, J 999
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RESOLUTION ~O. 5369
Adopted this 27th day of September, 1999.
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Dan Coughlin~ yor
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Mike Ulrich, Acting Clerk Administrator
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