City of Baltimore - File #: 10-0224R

• File #: 10-0224R
• Version: 0
• Name: Investigative Hearing - Broadcasting of Baltimore City Government Proceedings
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 9/20/2010
• In control: Judiciary and Legislative Investigations
• Final action: 11/8/2010
• Title: Investigative Hearing - Broadcasting of Baltimore City Government Proceedings FOR the purpose of examining the logistical requirements for, and efficacy of, requiring that meetings and/or hearings of the Board of Estimates, the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals, and the Board of Liquor License Commissioners be broadcast on cable TV or webcast to provide greater transparency, accountability, and openness to the workings of government and to give a wider audience to Baltimore City citizens unable to attend government meetings in person.
• Sponsors: President Young, Bill Henry, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Warren Branch, William H. Cole, IV, Sharon Green Middleton, Helen L. Holton, Carl Stokes, Mary Pat Clarke, James B. Kraft, Edward Reisinger, Belinda Conaway, Agnes Welch, Rochelle Spector
• Indexes: Cable TV, Hearings, Meetings

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/8/2010	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably
11/8/2010	0	City Council	Adopted
10/4/2010	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
9/23/2010	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
9/23/2010	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
9/23/2010	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
9/23/2010	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
9/20/2010	0	City Council	Introduced
9/20/2010	0	City Council	Assigned

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: President Young

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Investigative Hearing - Broadcasting of Baltimore City Government Proceedings

FOR the purpose of examining the logistical requirements for, and efficacy of, requiring that meetings and/or hearings of the Board of Estimates, the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals, and the Board of Liquor License Commissioners be broadcast on cable TV or webcast to provide greater transparency, accountability, and openness to the workings of government and to give a wider audience to Baltimore City citizens unable to attend government meetings in person.
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Local Government Broadcasting of Public Meetings, Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington, reports that cablecasting and Internet webcasting of public meetings make the meetings more open and public by enabling persons to view meetings that they cannot attend. Some are broadcasting in audio only, some in cable only, and a growing number are now offering Internet broadcasts, either live or by archived meetings on demand. In the State of Washington, local governments provide Internet access to indexed video archives that coordinate the minutes of meetings with the meeting video.

The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) in Broadcasts and Webcasts of Legislative Floor Proceedings and Committee Hearings, finds that as of February 18, 2010, live we...