More Government Meetings Could Be Televised on CATV
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| Kevin Gribble |
| 10/2/2007 |
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| There are dozens of government meetings each month in Burleigh and Morton Counties. If you can`t make it to all of them, there are other more convenient options. Those options could soon be expanding. They`re not in high-definition and stereo isn`t available, but just about every local public government meeting in Bismarck and Burleigh County can be watched live and then rewatched again on cable on the Community Access Television channel. "It isn`t always pretty. It isn`t always exciting, but this is our government in action, and local government is where a lot of decisions are made about what happens in our community," says Community Access Television executive director Mary Van Sickle. Recently, residents living on the western side of the river finally got to see some of their meetings, too. But unlike the relatively high-tech, multiple camera set-up in Bismarck, Mandan and Morton commission meetings had to be recorded by the public the old-fashioned way, and then brought down to community access television. Now, the city of Mandan is thinking it wants its residents to have something better. "We`ve got a couple of different estimates from a company that would install equipment in the city commission room," explains Mandan city administrator Jim Neubauer. Neubauer says if the city can come up with a plan, there`s no reason why the school board or county couldn`t broadcast their meetings from the room, too. CATV`s Van Sickle notes, "The more informed citizens are about their government, the more they understand, and the more they become involved in their communities." There`s still no definite plan, and things like cost and installation still have to be worked out. You can look up meeting schedules or even watch online by going to the Community Access website at www.freetv.org |
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