RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL
Richmond City Council – Richmond City Hall - 900 E. Broad Street, Suite 200 - Richmond, VA 23219 - www.council.richmondva.gov
COUNCIL PUBLIC INFORMATION NEWS ADVISORY
IMMEDIATE RELEASE TO BE FORWARDED AND SHARED
Thursday, 23 August 2012
Richmond City Council adding fifth way for residents to access Council Formal Meeting: Videos being added to Council website
Webpage established - Videos of meetings being placed on website to officially being added beginning with the upcoming Richmond City Council Formal Meeting being held September 10, 2012. Public invited and encouraged to view.
WHAT (Richmond, Virginia U.S.A.) -- In order to further increase Richmond residents' public access to their government, Richmond City Council is adding a fifth way to access Council Formal Meetings by adding videos of the Formal Meetings to the Council website. This will enable residents with internet access yet another way to view these meetings.
The Richmond City Council webpage for video access has been established and some past Richmond City Council meetings have been added to test the system. Meetings will be officially begin being added beginning with the upcoming Richmond City Council Formal Meeting being held September 10, 2012.
The many ways Richmond City Council makes these Council Formal Meetings available to the public include the following:
1. Council holds regular Richmond City Council Formal Meetings
Resident are invited and encouraged to attend any and all Richmond City Council Formal Meetings (Held in Richmond City Council Chambers, located on the second floor of Richmond City Hall, 900 E. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219.)
2. Council provides Live TV Broadcasts of Council Formal Meetings
Council provides live televised broadcast of Formal Meetings on PBS TV Station, WVCW
3. Council provides daily TV replays of Council Formal Meetings
Council provides televised replays Council Formal Meetings twice a day, beginning at Noon and 7:00 p.m. on Richmond Government Channel 17
4. Council provides video copies of Council Formal Meetings
Council provides video copies to residents upon request
5. Council provides videos of Council Formal Meetings via website
Council provides video streaming of videos from its website, at www.council.richmondva.gov - under the heading Meeting Videos.
Richmond City Council typically holds two Formal Meetings a month (with the exception of August and a second meeting in December), which are held in Richmond City Council Chambers, which is located on the second floor of Richmond City Hall, 900 E. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219.
Richmond City Council invites and encourages all Richmond residents to attend and/or access Council Formal Meetings through any of the five ways that it has established to provide and deliver public access to the Council Formal Meetings.
CONTACT For more event information, please contact Steve Skinner, Council Public Information Manager, at 804.646.6052 (office); 804.937.1386 (mobile); or visit the Richmond City Council website, at www.council.richmondva.gov
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Steven R. Skinner, APR
Council Public Information Manager
RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL
OFFICE OF THE COUNCIL CHIEF OF STAFF
Richmond City Hall
900 E. Broad Street, Suite 305
Richmond, Virginia 23219
804.646.6052 (office)
804.335.4054 (mobile)
804.937.1386 (home/mobile)
804.646.5468 (fax)
steven.skinner@richmondgov.com (email)
www.council.richmondva.gov(website)
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is to represent citizens in creating and amending
local laws, providing government policy and
oversight, and approving the city budget.
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creating a vibrant community that is a great place
to live, work, learn, play, visit and raise a family.
