In its Nov. 23 workshop meeting, Appomattox Town Council voted in a tiebreaker vote to upgrade its online streaming capabilities to make its meetings more accessible to the public.

At its previous meeting Nov. 8, Councilman Nathan Simpson brought up the issue of the council meetings’ online presence, noting that the quality is so low that it is extremely difficult to see and hear.

He proposed equipment upgrades that would cost no more than $1,000 (hopefully from ARPA funding) and would allow the council meetings to have the same quality of online streaming as the television broadcasts. Plus, the videos of the meetings would be available online after the meetings so people could watch them at other times.

The idea did not meet with universal agreement, but it made it to the agenda for the workshop meeting.

Simpson kicked off the discussion by saying, “I think we discussed it sufficiently last time, so I’d like us to take a vote. It’s not a hill I want to die on. I hope for ARPA funding, but if not, the town would spend up to $1,000 so the video feed can be put online at YouTube or Facebook.”

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