This is a tale of two "cities":
"Council President Amanda Bakay said the meeting recording, streamed to the city’s YouTube channel (CityofLancasterPAGov), was not picking up audio to broadcast to listeners at home. Residents have come to rely on a live recording of every council meeting, Bakay said, so council members agreed to delay the meeting until the problem is fixed," the article states.
(The meeting was rescheduled for next week.)
Columbia Borough, on the other hand, did not cancel its Tuesday night council meeting, despite similar technical problems. (In fact, Columbia Borough has never canceled a meeting due to such problems.)
At the March 11, 2025 meeting, Mayor Leo Lutz said that a technician had spent several hours at borough hall, working to fix the problem. Unfortunately, the audio quality is still poor, and many conversations are hard to understand. At most meetings, a persistent crackling overrides the audio feed, obscuring officials' voices. In addition, there was no audio at all at the March 4, 2025 meeting.
During a discussion at Tuesday's meeting, Heather Zink, council president, noted that the minutes of the March 20, 2025 joint planning commission and borough council meeting were lacking detail. She suggested it wasn't possible get the information from the meeting livestream due to poor audio quality. "We all know that that meeting, the audio was horrible," Zink said.
(The meeting was rescheduled for next week.)
Columbia Borough, on the other hand, did not cancel its Tuesday night council meeting, despite similar technical problems. (In fact, Columbia Borough has never canceled a meeting due to such problems.)
The borough’s livestreams have been plagued by audio issues for about six months, and this latest meeting was no exception. Officials are well aware of the problem but have so far - for some reason - been unable to fix it.
At the March 11, 2025 meeting, Mayor Leo Lutz said that a technician had spent several hours at borough hall, working to fix the problem. Unfortunately, the audio quality is still poor, and many conversations are hard to understand. At most meetings, a persistent crackling overrides the audio feed, obscuring officials' voices. In addition, there was no audio at all at the March 4, 2025 meeting.
During a discussion at Tuesday's meeting, Heather Zink, council president, noted that the minutes of the March 20, 2025 joint planning commission and borough council meeting were lacking detail. She suggested it wasn't possible get the information from the meeting livestream due to poor audio quality. "We all know that that meeting, the audio was horrible," Zink said.
Yes, it was.
And so it continues.
There's an old song that goes, "There's something happening here. What it is ain't exactly clear."
Indeed.
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