📋
Extracted from Consolidated Report
This investigation was originally published as part of a larger consolidated report containing multiple investigations. View the consolidated PDF for the complete document.
Yuba County Grand Jury
• 2010-2011
The Brown Act specifically states: “Any tape or film record of an open and public meeting made for whatever purpose by
⚠️ Translation Notice: This content has been automatically translated. The original English text is the official version. Translation may contain errors.
⚠️ Este contenido ha sido traducido automáticamente. El texto original en inglés es la versión oficial. La traducción puede contener errores.
Findings 7 findings
F1
Page 53
California State Law requires the public shall have free and open access to public meetings and recordings.
F2
Page 53
No consistent written minutes exist for the Marysville City Council meetings.
F3
Page 53
DVD recordings are made of the Marysville City Council meetings.
F4
Page 53
Media formats, such as DVDs, degrade over time. Media formats also change. Currently as new technology evolves, there is no procedure in place to ensure successful monitoring and updating of the electronic documents and video recordings.
F5
Page 53
There is no dedicated device to be used by the public to view meetings which have been electronically recorded.
F6
Page 53
California citizens were denied access to the available recordings of the City Council’s meetings. Grand Jurors however, were provided access.
F7
Page 53
The City of Marysville has recently hired a temporary employee to review and transcribe all electronic recorded Council meetings into an outline format. The outline formats are to be presented to the City Council for their review and approval. 2010-2011 Yuba County Grand Jury Final Report
Recommendations 3
-
R1Page 54Encourage transcribing, by trained staff, the current video recordings into outline form. This will continue to provide a permanent and ready access to the outcome of votes and meeting minutes.
-
R2Page 54A designated area within the City Clerk’s office must be made available at all times, with a dedicated device, for the public to view the meeting recordings.
-
R3Page 54A policy should be drafted and implemented which will establish procedures to transfer the City Council meeting records and documents to new technology, as it becomes available, as well as monitoring the quality of the existing stored data.
No Responses Found 1
Government entities assigned to respond to this report. No response documents have been linked in our database.
Marysville
City