January 18, 2023-Meyers Advocates for More Board Transparency

Every year, the OMWD Board of Directors sets annual objectives for its staff to implement to meet our mission to provide safe, reliable, high-quality drinking water, wastewater treatment, and park services in a cost-effective and environmentally responsive manner. Doing so requires as much transparency as possible for our ratepayers. When I was appointed to the Board in 2021, I learned that our Board and committee meetings are not streamed online, nor were recordings of our meetings posted for public access. That is not the transparency our ratepayers deserve. At our January 18, 2023, Board meeting, I proposed, and the Board accepted as an annual objective that staff investigates the cost, feasibility, and potential viewer engagement of live public streaming of OMWD public meetings. We should have a staff report soon. I will also advocate adding recordings to OMWD’s website for the public to access anytime. I believe this is long overdue.

Posted on 18 Jan 2023, 13:37 - Category: News