Powys Meetings Could be Streamed Again

Powys County Council talks about plans to restore live streaming of meetings by Christmas.

13:03 15 September 2022

Powys County Council could resume the live streaming of its meetings by Christmas. 

 

On September 5, the council's democratic services committee discussed the idea of restoring live online meetings for all committees. 

 

Committee vice-chairman Cllr Graham Breeze said: “Denying the people of Powys access to meetings reflects very badly on this authority and doesn’t present an image of an open and transparent organisation.

 

“I would like to propose the recommendation goes to full council for an immediate return to live broadcasts of all meetings which were previously accessible.”

 

Head of legal services Clive Pinney confirmed that live streaming during the pandemic had not incurred any cost to Powys at all. 

 

Mr Pinney said: “It’s the reintroduction of Welsh translation and the introduction of a hybrid system means we can no longer use Teams as a mechanism to do this.

 

“There is a cost for live webcasting that is not in the budget that was agreed in March.

 

“What we are doing is recording and publishing it on the website within 24 hours.”