Warren-Newport Public Library District
Lake County, Illinois
Board of Trustees
Policy 1053
Recording Board Meetings
Adopted: May 20, 2014
Reviewed/Revised: June 16, 2015; February 20, 2018; September 15, 2020; July 19, 2022;
September 19, 2023
ARTICLE 1. RECORDING BOARD MEETINGS
The goal of the Board of Trustees of the Warren-Newport Public Library District (WNPLD) is to
promote transparency. WNPLD staff shall make a video recording of each Regular Board Meeting
and each Special Board Meeting.
ARTICLE 2. POSTING AND EDITING OF RECORDINGS
The recordings of Regular monthly meetings and Special meetings, except for any Executive
(closed) sessions, shall be posted on the WNPLD website within one week following the meeting.
Each recording shall remain on the website for a minimum of one year from the date of posting.
These recordings shall be viewable free of charge.
Each recording shall have date and time coding. While it is the Board’s intent to post recordings
in their entirety, it may at its discretion direct the Executive Director to have appropriate staff edit
a recording for some content. Examples of such content include but are not limited to safety,
potential legal liability, or a recess to celebrate a new or departing Trustee.
ARTICLE 3. COMMITMENT TO RECORD MEETINGS
WNPLD will make every effort to record meetings and post those recordings to its website.
However, equipment failure or other unforeseen circumstances that may prevent or interrupt
recording will not result in the cancellation or postponement of a meeting.
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