Council Looks to Improve Public Access

Posted by Jeff Pruitt - 2/20/08 @ 12:30 am - Filed Under City Council

What a difference an election makes when it comes to open government. First the mayor hires two public information officers. Next Clifford Clark, Chief Technology Officer for the city, announces a new streaming archive of city council meetings and then tonight councilman Mitch Harper posts all the proposed ordinances at Fort Wayne Observed.

And to top it all off, at the end of tonight’s council meeting several members spoke about the need to continue progress in the area of public access and have offered to work with citizens and the administration in making this a reality (more on this later). I’ve captured these comments below and the video is about 8 minutes but it’s worth watching for anyone interested in what the new council thinks of improving public access.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgE0pU6BVMg

This has truly been a bipartisan effort and shows that our elected officials are serious about improving public access…