Local Government Broadcasting of Public Meetings

Contents

• About This Page
• Listing by County
• Council Minutes Accompanied by Video or Audio Archives
• Reference Information on Broadcasting Public Meetings

About This Page

Cablecasting and Internet webcasting of public meetings make the meetings more open and public by enabling persons to view meetings that they cannot attend in person.  This web page provides information on which Washington cities and counties are currently broadcasting public meetings.  Some are broadcasting in audio only, some in cable only, and a growing number are now offering Internet broadcasts, either live or by archived meetings on demand.  A few Washington local governments provide Internet access to indexed video archives that coordinate the minutes of meetings with the meeting video.

The information contained in the table below is derived from web sites of  cities, counties, and government and educational cable channels.  The listings are by county as many of the broadcasting facilities are shared.  It is recommended that jurisdictions that broadcast meetings check their websites to see that information about their meetings can be found easily, and that links are provided to any available video archives.  It is helpful to put this information with the information about council or other broadcasted meetings.   Please let MRSC know if you have information to add and if the information on this page needs to be updated by contacting the page editor.

Listing by County

Council Minutes Accompanied by Video or Audio Archives

• Washington
  • Bellevue Live and Archived Video (Agenda and Video) - hosted by Granicus
  • Kirkland Video on Demand City Council Meetings (Agenda, Minutes, Video)
  • Newcastle Meeting Agendas, Minutes and Audio - hosted by Granicus
  • Olympia Meeting Agendas, Minutes, and Video on Demand - hosted by Granicus
  • Shoreline Meeting Agendas and Video on Demand - hosted by Granicus
  • Sunnyside Meeting Agendas, Minutes and Audio Archive - hosted by Granicus
  • Woodinville Meeting Agendas and Video Archive - hosted by Granicus
• Out of State
  • Costa Mesa, California, Report of City Manager, May 4, 2005 SUBJECT: Streaming Video, Minutes Maker and Action Minutes for City Council Meetings ( 130 KB). City Council Study Session Agenda Report, May 10, 2005, Item No 2.
  • Costa Mesa Television on Demand Council Minutes and Council Meeting Video

Reference Information on Broadcasting Public Meetings

• Washington
  • Redmond RCTV Webcast 1-2-3 ( 102 KB)
  • Woodinville Staff Report to City Council,  Web & Cable Casting: Contracts Authorization ( 364 KB), 2-6-06 
  • Spokane Valley - Survey of Washington City Council Leaders Concerning the Effects of Television on Council and Community ( 102 KB), prepared by Bill Gothmann, Councilmember,  
    City of Spokane Valley,  1-25-08
• New York State Executive Order No. 3, Promotion of Public Access to Government Decisionmaking, 2-27-07 - Requirement for state agencies and public authorities to broadcast public meetings over Internet
• Sunnyside, California
  • City Manager Report to Mayor and Council, SUBJECT: Webcasting City Meetings (Study Issue): Report in Brief ( 268 KB) , 06-231, July 25, 2006
  • City Manager Report to Mayor and Council, SUBJECT: Additional Technologies to Broadcast Meetings (Study Issue): Report in Brief ( 250 KB), November 28, 2006
• Other
  • Dos and Don’ts: Televising Council Meetings - Small Cities.US
  • Well Served, by Betsy Harter, American City and County, April 2007 - Streaming video