Sefton Council to Live Stream Meetings for Increased Transparency

Sefton Council is planning to live stream meetings to ensure its decision making is as transparent as possible.

Bootle and Southport town halls

At their meeting today, the Council’s Cabinet members have approved budget provision for the installation of bespoke live streaming equipment in both Bootle and Southport’s town halls.

The final budget provision will be considered at a meeting of the Full Council in September.

This will mean members of the public can watch meetings of full council and committees from anywhere without having to attend in person, although all meetings, will remain open for the press and public unless otherwise stated.

Promised

Sefton Council Leader Cllr Marion Atkinson said: “Since becoming Leader of Sefton, I promised when possible we would bring in a live streaming service for our residents who cannot make our meetings in person.

“Now we are in a position to do so, and I am delighted that we can take this important step to ensure our decision making process is even more transparent.

“All Council meetings are advertised in advance along with full agendas and minutes and can be found in the Calendar of Meetings section at www.sefton.gov.uk/your-council.

“We welcome the public and the media to attend our meetings and scrutinise first-hand what goes on and what is said.”

Open to the public

Nearly all Council meetings are open to the public although there are on occasions exclusions when issues such as matters affecting identifiable individuals or commercially sensitive information is discussed.

Cllr Atkinson added: “All councillors will have the opportunity to give their thoughts on the service at the next full Council meeting in September.”

You can use this link to find the agenda and papers today's Sefton Council Cabinet meeting.