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MINUTES OF THE ' <br /> ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING � <br /> Monday,October 28,2013 <br /> 7:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> 11. VIDEOTAPING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS IN 2014 <br /> Loftus noted the City Council approved a direct franchise agreement with Mediacom in August and as <br /> part of that withdrew from the LMCC. Mayor McMillan and Council Member Levang have been <br /> working with Staff on videotaping solutions for the City Council meetings in 2014. <br /> A number of options have been explored and the group has decided the most cost effective way to move <br /> forward is for Orono to install their equipment, utilize a web stream service to upload the meetings onto <br /> the City's website and the Mediacom's channel, and purchase various equipment from AVS to help <br /> facilitate that. <br /> Loftus indicated at the present time they are looking at a two-camera system to accomplish that but that <br /> Staff is still looking at additional services to add besides simply videotaping the meetings. Loftus noted <br /> the service will be fairly basic in the beginning and that the bulletin boards and other programming will <br /> not be available immediately. <br /> Loftus indicated one of the questions for the City Council to consider as part of this service is whether <br /> they would like to go to paperless Council packets. One of the services through the web stream company <br /> would make that service easier to offer. <br /> Loftus stated Staff is looking for approval tonight from the City Council to purchase the equipment. <br /> Once the equipment is purchased,preparations will begin to allow the taping to commence in January. <br /> Printup asked what the bulletin boards entail. <br /> Loftus indicated that would require an additional programming server where the meetings are scheduled <br /> to play on the City's channel. Loftus stated to offer anything more than simply videotaping and showing <br /> the meetings, an additional server would need to be purchased. <br /> Levang noted those services could be added in the future but at this point the group felt it was important <br /> to start by taping the meetings. <br /> McMillan stated one of the goals was to videotape the meetings and have it available on the City's <br /> website. The group will work on making the cable channels more elaborate at some point in the future. <br /> McMillan stated school board meetings and other community programming could be added. <br /> Anderson asked how many channels the City will have. <br /> Levang indicated three. <br /> McMillan stated the thought behind the two robotic cameras would be to have one focused on the City <br /> Council and then have one focused on the screen or the podium. McMillan stated the hope is to minimize <br /> the amount of editing and other work that would need to be done. The Granicus software allows the <br /> ability down the road to live stream. <br /> Anderson asked where the equipment would be located. <br /> Page 12 of 14 <br />