Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Council meetings to be available and archived online

iSi awarded sole source agreement to help live stream meetings
Coun. Candis Kirkpatrick and Mayor Deb Higgins listen
as Myron Gulka-Tiechko, city clerk/solicitor, talks
about the live streaming initiative brought forward
before council at the March 24, 2014 meeting.
 Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

By Lisa Goudy


Council meetings will be live streamed.

Councillors unanimously approved a sole source agreement with integratingSolutions Inc. (iSi) Global Webcasting for the next five years to help live stream council meetings. The cost will be $7,500 per year plus taxes.

"We just completed the re-equipping of audiovisual and recording equipment in council chambers,” said Myron Gulka-Tiechko, city clerk/solicitor. “We now have the technical ability to enable webcasting as an option. However, that needs to be hosted offsite, but the webcasting will basically allow anyone who has access to Internet to watch council proceedings."

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