Item 7.6 of Monday's agenda package includes a memo from the Deputy Clerk and Accessibility Coordinator, describing an electronic voting system that will allow councillors to vote on their tablet at the council table instead of raising their hand.
The system will display the vote count for the public, but it doesn’t identify how the individual elected representative votes.
The recommended voting functionality is already within the software the city uses. The staff report says, “Going forward there will be a few changes coming for efficiency purposes for Council and Staff.”
Another change described in the report advises that all the items being considered for a closed-session discussion will be handled with one vote. Presently, the council votes on each closed-session item separately.
“Staff ask that Council and the public bear with us, while we navigate these new-to-us, escribe tools. We look forward to these exciting changes and are happy to answer any questions.”
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