Want To Study Remote Participation For Town Meeting?

Arlington MA

26 August, 2021

11:27 AM

Description

Your Arlington Last Updated: 23 August 2021 Written by John Leone The town is seeking four Town Meeting members appointed by the moderator. They will be members of the committee to study remote participation, charged with comprehensively examining options and requirements for providing participation through video-conferencing or other similar technology in public meetings under ordinary conditions. That includes provisions of the Open Meeting Law, requiring in-person attendance by public body members in a physical location. The committee's study shall include, but not be limited to: A. Evaluating the benefits and challenges of providing hybrid forms of public meetings; B. Assessing which public bodies can and should provide remote participation; C. Examining what portions of meetings can and should be available for remote participation; D. Determining what, if any, local rules beyond legal requirements can and should be established for remote participation; E. Understanding the costs of different models of remote participation, especially hybrid remote participation; and F. Evaluating the impact of remote participation on accessibility requirements and concerns. The committee shall provide a final report to the 2022 Town Meeting on all of the subjects listed herein. Interested parties should submit a cover letter and resume to John Leone, Town Moderator. YourArlington.com has provided news and opinion about Arlington, Mass., since 2006. Publisher Bob Sprague is a former editor at The Boston Globe, Boston Herald and Arlington Advocate. Read more at https://www.yourarlington.com/about.