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POR 2016 #18 · Agenda item attachment · Jan 25 2016
That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to coordinate with the Clerk’s Office and the appropriate departments to implement within three months an electronic public comment display in the Sullivan Chamber, listing the speaker’s name and affiliation as well as a timer
City of Cambridge
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IN CITY COUNCIL
January 25, 2016
COUNCILLOR MAZEN
COUNCILLOR CHEUNG
WHEREAS:
The Massachusetts State House has adopted an electronic public comment display
system which projects a list of speakers, the speaker’s affiliation, and a timer; and
WHEREAS:
During Cambridge City Council meetings and committee hearings there is presently no
system which clearly displays a speaker's name and affiliation for the public present at
the meeting or watching at home; and
WHEREAS:
The City Council meetings and committee hearings have no system for allowing the
public comment speaker to see how much of the allotted three minutes remains during
their comment; and
WHEREAS:
An electronic public comment display system installed in the Sullivan Chamber of City
Hall would improve the clarity and logistics surrounding public commentary during
City Council meetings and committee hearings; now therefore be it
WHEREAS:
That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to coordinate with the Clerk’s Office
and the appropriate departments to implement within three months an electronic public
comment display in the Sullivan Chamber, listing the speaker’s name and affiliation as
well as a timer.