AVALON – Avalon Borough Council has long resisted calls from residents for livestream remote access to council meetings. Council President John McCorristin supports the move, but has frequently said he is unsure he has the votes on the council “to make it happen.”
The council April 14 discussed two livestream options, one involving an unmanned, fixed-position camera and the other making use of a camera operator, who could direct the camera throughout the ongoing council meeting.
In a year in which so many governing bodies turned to virtual meeting software, like Zoom, the council discussion, in Avalon, did not involve the use of such software, despite the many options the software affords beyond basic livestreaming.
The meeting saw support from residents during public comment, but ended with no hint of how broad or narrow support may be on council for adding remote video access to public meetings.
