Submitted By
Cara Pavlicek, Village Manager
Reviewed By
LKS
Agenda Item Title
Title
Testing of Audio and Video for Remote Participation Meeting of the Village Board.
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Overview
Overview
This Special Meeting of the Village Board is being conducted remotely with live audio available and optional video of the Village Officials. The meeting will be streamed live and archived online for on-demand viewing at www.oak-park.us/boardtv as well as cablecast on VOP-TV, which is available to Comcast subscribers on channel 6 and ATT Uverse subscribers on channel 99. Remote Meetings of the Oak Park Village Board of Trustees is authorized pursuant
to Section 6 of Governor J.B. Pritzker's Executive Order 2020-07.
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Staff Recommendation
No action will be taken by the Village Board at this meeting. This is mainly a test of our technology for remote meetings.
Fiscal Impact
N/A.
Background
A remote meeting of the Oak Park Village Board of Trustees is authorized pursuant
to Section 6 of Governor J.B. Pritzker's Executive Order 2020-07.
In order to hold a remote participation meeting that is live streamed on the Village website, and archived on the same platform as all other meetings of the Village Board, a meeting is scheduled to test the process.
The process for public comments is also being tested. For remote participation meetings, public statements for an agenda item of up to three minutes will be read into the record. Individuals are asked to email statements to publiccomment@oak-park.us <mailto:publiccomment@oak-park.us>, to be received no later than 30 minutes prior to the start of the meeting. The Village Clerk will receive those emails. Alternatively, if email is not an option, individuals can drop written comments off at the Oak Park Payment Drop box located across from the entrance to Village Hall, 123 Madison Street, to be received no later than 5 p.m. the day of the meeting.
Alternatives
N/A
Previous Board Action
N/A.
Citizen Advisory Commission Action
N/A
Anticipated Future Actions/Commitments
The Village Board is scheduled to hold a remote participation meeting on April 6, 2020 and will be asked to consider various emergency actions as a part of that meeting. The April 6, 2020 meeting agenda and recommended actions will be available on the Village website the afternoon of April 2, 2020.
Under the Executive Order of the Governor “public bodies are encouraged to postpone consideration of public business where possible.” Pursuant to this directive, advisory board and commission meetings are being postponed during the Village’s emergency response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Intergovernmental Cooperation Opportunities
N/A