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CITY OF SOUTH BEND I OFFICE OF THE CLERK email their questions in and then get a response. I don't know what that would look like but that was a recommendation. Committee Chair Scott replied, Yeah, but I have a concern about having anyone from anywhere in the country, even the world, could email in. Councilmember White stated, It would be from within our particular community. Those wouldn't be emailed until after the meeting, so they wouldn't be answered during the meeting. Committee Chair Scott replied, We will look into that and how that would work. I'm not shooting the idea down. I have neighbors with Nebraska phone numbers, so, it would all be about figuring out who is from where. I still believe in democracy and government,one(1)on one(1)with elected officials as much as we can. We've all seen the trolls that flat out go after us. I do believe we need to look at Committees and see if those can go live as well. Councilmember White stated, It's the real work, if you think about it. A lot of times people think we rubber stamp and they don't know the level of discussion that has occurred. Committee Chair Scott stated, I would love to have Committees and Budget Hearings online. Councilmember Jake Teshka stated,What about the cameras in the Council Chambers? Committee Chair Scott replied, We are working with the County and the City Clerk's Office on that. We give back about $10,000 in our budget each year. We like to be fiscally responsible. We've been taking some of that for technology. All the upgrades we've done around here have been with those cameras. We do have some of that planned as well. What we typically do is we find it, figure out the specs and then the County pays us, splitting it. Councilmember John Voorde stated, When department heads assume their positions, it would be nice if they came and spoke with us. I think the IT person will probably do that but now there is a new person in charge of the street department. Councilmember Jo M. Broden stated, I concur with the broadcasting, or at least assess to the audio and, or,video of the Committee meetings. I think that would go a long way, especially as it relates to the budget because just getting the PowerPoints, the context of the department head speaking about it is better. We do a lot of work with those budget hearings. I suggest we consider those as the most important. With no further discussion, Committee Chair Scott adjourned the Organizational Meeting for the Information and Technology Committee at 4:04 p.m. R-spectfully Submi -d, Tim Scottittek-e it EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 227 W.Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 f 574.235.9173 I I D574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov 2