Due to the pandemic, various city council, county council, and other public government meetings have changed when, how, and if they are holding meetings. Many meetings are moving to online-only fashion or adding online components or restricting the people who can attend in-person.
In many cases, these changes are reducing the ways in which the public can meaningfully contribute to the meetings, sometimes requiring comments to be sent by email or online messaging, if they are allowed to be sent at all.
Due to the pandemic, various city council, county council, and other public government meetings have changed when, how, and if they are holding meetings. Many meetings are moving to online-only fashion or adding online components or restricting the people who can attend in-person.
In many cases, these changes are reducing the ways in which the public can meaningfully contribute to the meetings, sometimes requiring comments to be sent by email or online messaging, if they are allowed to be sent at all.
https://triblive.com/local/pittsburgh-allegheny/local-governments-face-transparency-challenges-during-coronavirus/
https://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2020/03/18/Pittsburgh-City-Council-Allegheny-County-remote-virtual-meetings-COVID-19-coronavirus/stories/202003180126