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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

Published: June 30, 2011 8 pages

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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

R1
Page 54

Encourage 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.
R2
Page 54

A 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.
R3
Page 54

A 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

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