"Access St. Tammany" Resolution

Resolution by the Board of Directors
of
Tammany Together, Inc.
June 11, 2007

  1. Background

    2. "Access St. Tammany" is the government access channel of St. Tammany Parish Government. Its stated purpose is "to educate citizens about parish government, parish government services, and general information regarding St. Tammany Parish." 1

    Access St. Tammany televises live and recorded coverage of various parish public meetings, including Parish Council meetings and meetings of the Planning and Zoning Commission, over Charter Communications’ cable channel 10. However, many parish residents and other interested parties do not or cannot subscribe to Charter Communications cable television.

    Access St. Tammany has recently added the capability to view an archival copy of the most recent Parish Council meeting over the Internet at the parish web site, www.stpgov.org.

    Tammany Together, Inc. is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that seeks to identify issues of importance to the citizens of St. Tammany Parish, to educate its members and others on these issues, and to exert a positive influence on their outcome by speaking out with a unified voice.

  2. Resolution

    3. In consideration of the foregoing, the Board of Directors of Tammany Together, Inc. hereby resolves as follows:

    • Tammany Together, Inc. commends St. Tammany Parish Government and Access St. Tammany for providing Internet access to archival video of the most recent Parish Council meeting on the parish web site.
       
    • Tammany Together, Inc. requests the immediate expansion of this service to include at least the following:
       
      • Real-time viewing via the Internet of all Parish Council and Planning and Zoning Commission meetings as they are being held.
         
      • Archival viewing via the Internet of all Parish Council and Planning and Zoning Commission meetings, including those held in prior months.
         
    • Tammany Together, Inc. encourages further expansion of this service to include the following:
       
      • Real-time and archival viewing via the Internet of all other public meetings of parish government.
         
      • Real-time and/or archival viewing of the complete programming content of Access St. Tammany as televised on Charter Communications cable channel 10.

Resolved at a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of Tammany Together, Inc. on June 11, 2007.

(Signed) Sandra Slifer, Interim Secretary

1 Source: www.stpgov.org/departments_channel10.php