Board of Aldermen 3-31-2020 Page 38
President Wilshire
In a moment, I'll call on you. I’ve just recognized Alderman Klee.
Alderwoman Lu
| know | am just asking that the City microphones be turned off.
Alderman Klee
They are getting echo. Ok so just to follow up on it, if we do what we say what we are going to do and
everybody is in a remote area, all of us, all 15 of us are in a remote area, do we still have to leave this room
open for the public?
Attorney Bolton
If we are not going to take advantage of this telephonic procedure with the phone in potential, all 15
Aldermen would be elsewhere and you could notice that the meeting would be available here or whatever
room you chose and you set up the video computer monitor and everyone from the public who came in can
see and hear everyone of the 15 Aldermen participating in the meeting, that’s fine. You’ve got a physical
location and you’ve got the public being able to observe it, hear it at that location, that’s fine.
President Wilshire
If City Hall is closed to the public that would still stand?
Attorney Bolton
You have to have the room open to the public, so if you lock the outside doors that would be in violation of
the rules.
President Wilshire
Oh boy, anyone else want to weigh in on this? Alderwoman Kelly?
Alderman Harriott-Gathright
Linda?
Alderwoman Kelly
Yep so | have some questions and then comments. So my question is from a technology standpoint if we
were to do the telephonic dial in, is that a fairly easy thing for us to implement. | don’t know who answers
it?
President Wilshire
Yeah, | don’t either. We do have Director Codagnone here from the IT Department. Would you care to
weigh in?
Bruce Codagnone, IT Director
Yes you could actually just set up a separate conference bridge, like a conference call type of thing where
