The Baltimore County Council plans to start live-streaming its meetings — years after other county governments adopted the practice.
The decision to broadcast meetings live online comes amid complaints from county residents, who feel shut out of the government decision-making process when they can’t trek to Towson to watch meetings in person.
“We just want as much transparency as we can get,” said Council Chairwoman Vicki Almond, a Reisterstown Democrat. “I think it will give people a better idea of what we actually do and what our process is.” She said details of the launch still must be nailed down, but she expects the live broadcasts to begin by the end of the year.
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