This Connecticut Town Has Embraced the Hybrid Virtual Meeting
Middletown, Conn., leaders have decided the virtual meeting format adopted during the pandemic will remain and incorporate AI. The new approach is offering residents unprecedented opportunity to engage in town business.
April 30, 2021 • When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the country in March 2020, many were forced to adopt a new way of holding meetings. While individuals adjusted to virtual meeting platforms in a more remote world, local governments were learning how to virtually host public meetings.
Now, legislators will decide whether virtual meetings are here to stay, and local governments are looking at trusted technologies as well as new hybrid solutions to serve a variety of constituents.
A flat budget represents budget cuts : Middletown residents want more funding of essential services
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Middletown Mayor Ben Florsheim in his office at City Hall..Cassandra Day / Hearst Connecticut Media file photo /Show MoreShow Less
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Downtown Middletown, Route 9, the Connecticut River and Arrigoni Bridge are seen in this drone footage taken March 21, 2021.Patrick Sikes / For Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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MIDDLETOWN A handful of residents and others spoke out during public budget hearing to implore Middletown leaders to back an increase in funding for library services and tree removal, as well as efforts to recruit a more diverse city workforce.