The Leon County Board of Commissioners is working to make their meetings more accessible to the citizens they serve. Ryan Benk reports plans for “virtual town hall meetings” are underway.
At Tuesday’s County Commission meeting, board members talked about plans for bringing their meetings to the people. The project is in the early stages, but the plan is to start streaming county meetings live over the internet. Citizens would then be able to send written questions for the commissioners to address during the meeting.
“My colleagues have embraced this idea of doing a virtual town hall meeting, where anybody can either call in, they can watch us stream online, they will be able to have an input, they will be able to submit their question ahead of time, said Commission Chairman Akin Akinyemi. He says the project could help to make the commission more transparent.
The next regular Board of County Commissioners meeting will be held May, 22nd at three in the afternoon.