To: Lebanon Selectmen
Lebanon Selectmen - Record You're Meetings!
Residents request that all meetings and workshops of Selectmen, Budget Committee, and Planning Board be recorded. This allows residents to stay informed and also to facilitates the accurate transcription of official minutes. The audio and or video recordings shall be made freely available to residents to view online. Recordings made shall be secured and safely archived for no less than 4 years.
Why is this important?
Presently Selectmen meet at workshops and do not keep minutes and the minutes from evening minutes may be vague and or lacking. This petition is to require recording of ALL Town boards and to have the audio and or video recordings placed online so residents may listen and or view to them on-demand.
Recording is done by a great majority of towns and to implement this simple process is very inexpensive. It could also serve to protect the town in the case of a he said she said situation. It will provide much greater transparency and access for residents.
Selectmen should take the quickest path to implement for example start audio recording while awaiting a more complex video solution.