Why should Templeton Capital improvement committee meetings not be shown by TCTV, as in live stream on Facebook live or any other format? As many meetings as possible should be on tctv.
I pose this question as I watched the last capital improvement committee discuss tctv role and then voted to not have their meetings recorded because the committee did not think the "workshop" type meetings needed to be recorded and if people were interested, they could attend in person.
With busy lives, it is not always possible to attend meetings, no matter how early or late they are, but if they are recorded, we the people, can then watch at our convenience.
After a post on facebook, tctv responded:
FYI: TCTV streams Capital Improvement Committee meetings and last year created a Playlist of all of them for public reference, on both Channel 8 and YouTube.com/TCTVweb. TCTV deems Capital Improvements as of significant public interest to warrant recording and live-streaming. Members of the Capital Improvements Committee should not be speaking on behalf of TCTV and our policies. Here is yesterday's FY23 kickoff meeting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lvAAcFl4yQ.
I really appreciate that Steve Castle @ TCTV understands the significant public interest in the background discussions on the spending of roughly 5-10-20% of the Towns yearly budget.
ReplyDeleteI was personally disgusted by action led my Mr Currie and Ms. Young to limit access to the public. How many people have the option to attend a public meeting at 3:30 during work hours as demonstrated by our employees on the committee being paid. Assistant Town Administrator @ $30.14 per hour. Treasurer/Collector @ $36.67 per hour (this information is direct from the 2023 budget)
TCTV recording of town meetings should be the focus of its purpose as it is a vital service for any taxpayer to get actual information on what is being done.More meetings recorded, more transparency, less hiding in the closet making deals type of government.
Maybe they should institute a "Policy by the Selectman" video series that has Selectman explaining different parts of their Policy to the taxpayer. This would serve multiple purposes. One being to get Selectman acquainted with their own policies so they might be aware when employee decide to disregard them casually on the regular.