On Tuesday, the Reno County Commission agreed to spend up to $25,000 to renovate their audio and visual system at the courthouse. This would include live-streaming and the recording of meetings.
Originally, they were considering spending just over $23,000 for the upgrades, but Mike Matthews, Director of the IT Department, indicated to the commission that the audio system would need some additional equipment costing around $600.00. Therefore, the commission agreed to increase the spending for no more than $25,000.
The decision to upgrade the system came after the streaming of the audio and video quit twice while recent commission meetings were in progress. This occurred with overflow crowds then unable to watch the meetings over the proposed wind farm where both sides, those for and those against, were allowed to give their thoughts and opinions.
The county will place TVs and other equipment in the basement of the veterans room and other commission chambers so that closed-circuit feeds can be streamed from there.
(Read more: Hutch Post)