Overland Park is moving toward a comprehensive new agenda and video system that will make it easier for people to watch city meetings remotely while keeping track of the accompanying agenda items.
A council committee gave the go-ahead Wednesday to a service offered by Dallas-based Swagit Productions and iCompass Technologies of New York, that will link meeting agendas to video and store archives. If the full city council approves, the system will begin to be implemented this summer. It is similar to one used by the county commission that is offered through a different company. The video recording integrates a new agenda format as well. That became necessary because the Novus agenda system the council currently uses is going to be retired in 2020.
The new system would cost about $45,000 to initiate, followed by $40,000 a year. Annual cost would jump to $70,000 if closed captioning is included. With council approval, the city staff would begin negotiations for the exact costs.
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