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The Rome Common Council’s March 24 meeting – hosted live on the city’s YouTube channel – was the first meeting livestreamed as officials have worked to make city meetings better accessible to the public during the pandemic.
The city’s councilors and Mayor Jacqueline Izzo have been working together for the last several months to improve how the city conducts business and how to make it more accessible to the public.
The council has met remotely throughout the pandemic, and residents have been able to call in to attend the meeting via teleconference.
Rome City Hall has remained closed to the public since the beginning of the pandemic a year ago, and officials have said the Common Council chambers – located at city hall – are not set up to allow for proper social distancing.