Sunday, December 15, 2013

Lights, action, no cameras: Palm Beach Gardens officials ask... | www.mypalmbeachpost.com

Interesting article about practices of local communities in broadcasting their public meetings. West Palm has a very sophisticated operation, but they are the largest city in the area. In the article, they mention a survey done of cities with a population of over 35,000. Guess what. Lake Worth doesn't get a mention since we top out a little above 34,000. It is good that Lake Worth streams public meetings. I hope that my YouTube videos help find what people are looking for. Click title for link to the article. Here is a bit:
West Palm Beach, which has 100,000 residents and a $165 million general fund, has a 24-hour TV channel, manned by two full-time employees and supervised by city Communications Director Elliot Cohen.
For meetings, West Palm Beach has five cameras in its main commission chambers and another three in the adjacent Flagler Room, where other city meetings are held. The cameras require one staffer to operate them by remote from a control room.
The city also produces news features for its channel and broadcasts shows produced by other cities or agencies such as the South Florida Water Management District.