City Council looks at videoconferencing in meetings

2014-05-15T14:46:47-05:00

By Stephen Burnett Community Impact Newspaper Originally published May 14, 2014 Cedar Park City Council on May 8 discussed how to address legal requirements and technical challenges that would impede City Council members from joining special-called meetings remotely by video. Place 3 Councilman Lyle Grimes said he supports Cedar Park pursuing the idea once the city has an estimate for equipment costs. Place 5 Councilman Jon Lux said City Council may want to wait until another government tries the method first. “Being on the leading edge is always expensive,” Lux said. Assistant City Manager Josh Selleck said that if City Council wants to explore the concept, city [...]