(A) A meeting of an organization created under the Interlocal Cooperation Act, the Joint Public Agency Act or the City Cooperative Financing Act or of the City Council of a risk management pool or its advisory committees organized in accordance with the Intergovernmental Risk Management Act may be held by means of videoconferencing if:
(1) Reasonable advance publicized notice is given;
(2) Reasonable arrangements are made to accommodate the public’s right to attend, hear and speak at a meeting, including seating, recordation by audio or visual recording devices, and a reasonable opportunity for input such as public comment or questions to at least the same extent as would be provided if videoconferencing were not used;
(3) At least one copy of all documents being considered is available to the public at each site of the video conference;
(4) At least one member of the City Council or advisory committee is present at each site of the video conference; and
(5) No more than one-half of the City Council’s or advisory committee’s meetings in a calendar year are held by video conference.
(B) Videoconferencing or conferencing by other electronic communication shall not be used to circumvent any of the public government purposes established in the Open Meetings Act.
(C) For the purpose of this section, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
V1DEOCONFERENCING. Conducting a meeting involving participants at two or more locations through the use of audio-video equipment which allows participants at each location to hear and see each meeting participant at each other location, including public input. Interaction between meeting participants shall be possible at all meeting locations.
(Prior Code, § 1-514) (Ord. 1-05, passed 1-10-2005)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see Neb. RS 84-1409, 84-1411