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RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING COUNTY POLICY TO INCLUDE SCROLLING TEXT ON WEBCASTS AND BROADCASTS OF MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND ITS COMMITTEES INFORMING THE PUBLIC OF THE CURRENT STATUS OF ALL ITEMS ON THE AGENDA; DIRECTING THE COUNTY MAYOR TO IMPLEMENT THIS POLICY WITHIN 90 DAYS AND TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR THIS POLICY IN SUBSEQUENT COUNTY BUDGETS

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WHEREAS, the County currently broadcasts all meetings of the Board of County Commissioners and its committees on Miami-Dade TV and webcasts on various internet platforms; and
WHEREAS, broadcasting and webcasting meetings of the Board of County Commissioners and its committees provides increased transparency into the legislative process of Miami-Dade County and provides the public with increased access to local government regardless of the viewing location; and
WHEREAS, the placement of scrolling text on the bottom of broadcasts and webcasts to provide easily accessible news and information, often called a ticker or crawler, has become a common tool used to increase the amount of information conveyed by the programming in a manner that does not detract from the current issue being presented; and
WHEREAS, members of the public watching meetings of the Board of County Commissioners or its committees often have particular interest in specific items on the agenda; and
WHEREAS, this Board believes that providing scrolling text on the bottom of all broadcast and webcasts of meetings of the Board of County Commissioners and its committees to inform the public of the current status of all agenda items will provide the public with a useful tool to understand the current status of items that have been heard or will be heard at each meeting; and
WHEREAS, this Board desires that the County Mayor include scrolling text on the bottom of each broadcast and webcast of meetings of the Board of County Commissioners and its committees to inform the public of the current status of all agenda items,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that:
Section 1. This Board establishes as a County policy that each broadcast and webcast of meetings of the Bord of County Commissioners and its committees shall include scrolling text on the bottom of the broadcast or webcast informing the public of the current status of all agenda items.
Section 2. The County Mayor is directed to implement the policy described in section 1 within 90 days of the effective date of this resolution using legally available funds from the current Fiscal Year 2020-2021 County Budget. The County Mayor is further directed to identify and include adequate funding to implement the policy described in section 1 as part of the County Mayor�s proposed County Budget in subsequent fiscal years.