The Town of Oyster Bay, with the start of the new year, will begin putting minutes and resolutions of town board meetings on its website, Councilwoman Rebecca M. Alesia recently announced.
“With the new year upon us, me and my colleagues on the town board have been working towards providing more open and accessible government to our residents,” said Alesia. “Making town board minutes and resolutions available online through the town’s website is one way in which we plan to achieve that goal.”
Prior to scheduled town board meetings, which take place on Tuesdays throughout the year, resolutions will be made available in draft form. Alesia noted that once those resolutions are adopted and ratified by the town, they will again be posted on the town’s website in their final form.
“In addition to resolutions, the town will also make available the transcribed minutes of each board meeting,” said Alesia. “Minutes will be posted once they are transcribed by the town’s stenography service provider and processed by the town clerk’s office.”
All information is available on the town’s website, www.oysterbaytown.com, under the ‘Calendars’ section. Resolutions and minutes will be posted with the agenda of each meeting.
“The Oyster Bay town board prides itself on being accessible to its residents,” said Alesia. “We are one of a few local governments on Long Island where speakers are never held to a time limit, and residents are invited to engage the board on any appropriate topic during our public comment periods.”
Alesia went on to note that outside of the desire to present its residents with more easily accessible government, the town is taking these steps to help provide residents the opportunity to review this additional information on town resolutions prior to and following the meetings.
“All in all, the town is pleased to be able to make these documents more easily accessible to our residents,” said Alesia.
—Submitted by the Town of Oyster Bay
