This right in, Cornwall council meetings seem headed back to Monday

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Councilors in Cornwall seem to be heading back to a nearby TV screen or mobile device.

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The unintended consequence of losing live YourTV coverage of the council after the meetings were moved to Tuesday will be re-examined and it is very likely that the town hall will be in turmoil again on Monday night.

“We have to admit we made a mistake (in moving the meetings to Tuesday nights),” Coun. Fred Ngoundjo said Tuesday night.

At the meeting, the councilors voted in favor of a resolution put forward by the councillor. Elaine MacDonald says they will “reconsider the motion that moved the meeting dates so that the community can once again enjoy the access that is essential to the accountability and transparency that the community deserves.”

The main mistake was forgetting or not knowing that Tuesday is bingo night on YourTV, it has been for decades and, well, bingo is king in Cornwall – it’s a fixture in the community station’s program list .

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“An absolutely unintended consequence — and I’m sure if we had been aware of that we wouldn’t have taken that step — was (the loss of TV coverage of the meetings),” MacDonald said.

The move away from Tuesday’s meetings – Wednesday was suspended, but Monday seems to be the preferred option – won’t happen overnight. The initial change was related to the development of a new procedural bylaw to govern council proceedings, which also included some of the key areas, including an updated/new policy on electronic attendance at meetings and language changes to the agenda the city puts before meetings. . As a result, it could be weeks or perhaps several months before it returns to Monday.

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The board and administration will also at some point revisit that new — and for some, problematic — previous meeting start time of 6 p.m., which coincided with the move to Tuesday meetings, as and the time to hold the meeting on Tuesday. the on-camera/behind-closed-doors portion of their dates, but the top priority will be saying goodbye on Tuesday.

Tuesday’s resolution noted that “many community members have expressed concern about losing access to council meetings, (and that) there are only two ways to watch a meeting: by attending in person or by accessing the meeting as it is recorded via city ​​website.”

Previously, the resolution stated, interested parties could watch a meeting in the two ways mentioned above and in three other ways – by watching the meeting live on YourTV Cornwall, as well as in subsequent broadcasts of the meeting, accessing it on YouTube and accessing it via Facebook.

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