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referred. However, he also referred to the minutes of other groups, particularly when the council was considering a <br />recommendation from an advisory group. He liked having hard copy minutes and thought they were a valuable <br />tool. Ms. Solomon was unsure of her position, and asked if the City could broadcast more meetings, such as Police <br />Commission and Housing Policy Board meetings, over the Web. Ms. Medary indicated she would look into that. <br />Ms. Solomon determined from Ms. Medary that the issue was raised in part due to resource concerns. Ms. <br />Solomon thought it was important to consider transparency when talking about meeting minutes. She expressed <br />concern about spending more in one area to save in another area. <br />Mr. Pryor suggested that the minutes needed to be in a format that could be preserved, and paper was not the <br />perfect format for that. He suggested that something on CD could be updated to a new technology. He agreed that <br />access was another issue. He said he preferred a summary approach; if he wanted to know more, he could go back <br />to the video recording. He believed that the actual broadcast would provide a better sense of legislative intent than <br />written minutes. Ms. Taylor was also unsure of her position. She was not ready to say that minutes were not <br />needed. She pointed out that not all citizens had access to computer technology. She was not ready to fire the <br />minutes recorders yet. <br />Mayor Piercy suggested that the issue did not concern the council only; she believed that the public had an interest <br />in the subject as well. She did not want to make a determination without giving the community an opportunity to <br />weigh in. <br />Mr. dark invited the input of minutes- recording staff. <br />Mr. zelenka suggested the minutes recorders would have a new job annotating the webcasts. He said his <br />suggestion would only work for those meetings on webcasts, while other meetings would still have minutes <br />recorders unless the City held more meetings in rooms that were wired for webcasting. That was also a resource <br />issue. <br />Ms. Ortiz concurred with the remarks of Mayor Piercy. She said that she sometimes had a difficult time <br />understanding those offering public comment, and often relied on the minutes for that information. <br />Mayor Piercy adjourned the work session at 7:25 p.m. <br />Respectfully submitted, <br />Jon Ruiz, <br />City Manager <br />(Recorded by Kimberly Young <br />MINUTES ---City Council October 12, 2009 Page 6 <br />