Issue - meetings

To consider the report on Audiominutes and the recording of additional committee meetings.

RESOLVED to approve the use of the Audiominutes recording system for meetings of Scrutiny, Governance Audit and Performance, Licensing and Environmental Health and Standards Committee meetings, except where business is of a confidential nature or is exempt from publication.

The Portfolio Holder for Finance and Administration summarised the report that sought the extension in use of Audiominutes, software which allowed the Council to record and broadcast meetings of the Council, to Scrutiny, Governance, Audit and Performance, Standards and the Licensing & Environmental Health Committee, following a request from the Chairman of Scrutiny at Cabinet on 10 January 2019. Meetings which dealt with individual cases, such as Licensing and Standards hearings, and confidential agenda items, would be exempt from broadcasting.

In response to a question from Councillor Lodge, the Director – Finance and Corporate Services said problems regarding the live broadcast ‘dropping out’ were related to the broadband signal, not the use of Audiominutes itself.

Councillor Lodge said the broadband service in the Council’s meeting rooms needed to be improved.

RESOLVED to approve the use of the Audiominutes recording system for meetings of Scrutiny, Governance Audit and Performance, Licensing and Environmental Health and Standards Committee meetings, except where business is of a confidential nature or is exempt from publication.