The Housing Authority of Champaign County meetings aren't very accessible to the public, especially many in the community to whom they serve. For those with disabilities or tight work schedules or children who get out of school around the 3 o'clock on a Thursday meetings are difficult enough. But currently they are not televised, nor are any recordings hosted on their website to allow public access to their proceedings. The Urbana Mayor would like that to change. From yesterday's News-Gazette:
HACC meetings on TV?Full article here.
Mayor wants sessions online, broadcasted
The Housing Authority of Champaign County may start broadcasting its board meetings after Mayor Diane Marlin urged the group to improve its transparency.
In both Champaign and Urbana, public meetings of city and township councils, boards and commissions are televised and provided on city websites. The HACC board doesn’t do that, and Marlin said the city is looking into having Urbana Public Television intervene.
It likely won’t be ready for the next board meeting on March 22, but Marlin said UPTV (channel 6) could eventually air footage of the meetings after they conclude and provide the videos online.
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