Thu
May 29 2008
05:53 pm
Minutes of Public Meetings
By: Pamela Treacy

Have any of you noticed that the minutes for several government bodies are not posted on their websites for weeks (sometimes months) after the meetings occured.

Do you think that the minutes should be posted as soon as the are written and marked DRAFT until they are officially approved?

What are the downsides and upsides of doing this?

It is not always easy to watch the meetings on TV, especially when they last past my bedtime!!

If you agree, please help me encourage the county commission, school board, TOF (if you live there) and other boards that post minutes.

Thanks.

Pamela Treacy

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Pamela Treacy's picture

March 24, 2008 is the last

Submitted by Pamela Treacy on Thu, 2008/05/29 - 6:29pm.

March 24, 2008 is the last entry for the county commission minutes and 1/9/2008 is the last entry for KCSB minutes.

bizgrrl's picture

There should be a defined

Submitted by bizgrrl on Fri, 2008/05/30 - 6:14am.

There should be a defined times as to when the minutes should be available on-line. If not found, the commission, committee, web admin, whoever should be contacted to make them available. I guess it should be defined who to contact.

Rachel's picture

I frequently refer to City

Submitted by Rachel on Fri, 2008/05/30 - 9:19pm.

I frequently refer to City Council and MPC minutes, which are kept up to date. Doesn't seem like too much to ask Commission and the SB to do the same. Don't expect much in the way of results, tho, especially from Commission.

Pam Strickland's picture

Given the county's attitude

Submitted by Pam Strickland on Sat, 2008/05/31 - 3:01am.

Given the county's attitude toward sunshine this doesn't surprise me, but it does aggravate me.

Pam Strickland

"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." ~Kurt Vonnegut

John Spellings's picture

A

Submitted by John Spellings on Sat, 2008/05/31 - 8:58am.

This is another example of the change needed on commission and inside of our local governmental bodies in general. The required tools, hard ware and software that would enable at least an audio version(ie podcast) of these meetings to be available is readily available as is the ability to put up a text version.

With a new commission can come a new openness, and also a new approach to communication with the citizenry.

Write-In Spellings, Write Out Nepotism

R. Neal's picture

Full video archives of

Submitted by R. Neal on Sat, 2008/05/31 - 9:34am.

Full video archives of County Commission meetings can be found here:

(link...)

They also live-stream them.

They should be quicker about getting the minutes online, though. I guess it's harder when meetings go on for nine hours.

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