| Wake County’s commitment to providing its residents with online services will reach a new dimension Monday, January 7, 2008, when citizens will be able to virtually attend Commissioners’ meetings through live streaming video on their computers through the County website, www.wakegov.com/commissioners
Several County departments have been working together for more than a year to provide Wake County citizens with unprecedented access to the Commissioners’ meetings, held the first and third Mondays at 2 p.m. in Room 700, Wake County Courthouse.
After the meetings, visitors to the website will also be able to click on an indexed agenda and “jump to” a specific point in the archived video and audio, providing information on any topic, on-demand, anytime and anywhere.
“Wake County citizens are technology-savvy and interested in what government does every day to meet our community’s needs,” said Commissioners’ Chair Joe Bryan. “With video streaming of our live and past meetings, we will make Wake County government literally a computer click away and get as many citizens as possible involved in our County’s important issues.”
To access the Board of Commissioners’ meeting video, go to www.wakegov.com/commissioners and click on the “View Meetings” button. (A free download of Windows Media Player is available on the video webpage.)
While watching the meetings online, visitors will be able to follow topics on the agenda posted below the on-screen video player. Approximately one hour after the meeting ends, citizens can use this agenda index to go to specific topics and/or votes in the video. The technology will also provide keyword-search capability in archived video, starting with the November 5, 2007, Commissioners’ meeting.
Bryan noted that Wake County citizens already are able to renew a library book, pay their taxes, and find a restaurant inspection grade, among other services, on WakeGOV.com. He added: “Our goal for the video-streaming of meetings is to make Wake County government transparent and to provide information on our many services that benefit the community.”
The County’s video-streaming project uses hardware and software from Granicus, Inc., a San Francisco-based company that specializes in helping local governments provide public information on the Internet. Granicus serves 16 other local jurisdictions in North Carolina and more than 350 in 35 states nationwide.
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