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          ALL RIGHT, IT'S 5:30 P.M.. WE'RE GOING TO ESTABLISH QUORUM REALLY QUICK,
PLEASE. 
          [1)CALL TO ORDER AND ESTABLISH QUORUM]
MICHAEL HOGAN, DIANE WILLIAMS, TIM HENNESSY. ALL RIGHT. 
          WITH THAT WE HAVE QUORUM AND. YOU HAVE THE WORDING PULLED UP. 
          THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. MAYOR. AND I CAN READ OFF THE NEXT ITEM IF YOU'D LIKE. 
          YEAH. LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO PUBLIC COMMENTS. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. OKAY. 
          THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. SO THE NEXT ITEM IS THREE AYE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND
SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION REGARDING TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, 
          [2)REGULAR AGENDA]
WALKING QUORUM REQUIREMENTS, AND THE APPLICATION OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND PUBLIC
INFORMATION ACT TO COUNCIL MEMBER SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVITY. 
          THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY,
LAURA. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS LAURA MUELLER. I'M THE CITY ATTORNEY. 
          AND THIS THIS PRESENTATION WAS REQUESTED BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          AND JUST THE I KNOW THAT ORIGINALLY YOU HAD SAID THAT. 
          DO YOU WANT MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU WANT TO SAY WHAT THE PURPOSE OR THE OWNER OF THIS. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION OUT THERE ABOUT,
YOU KNOW, WHY WE DON'T COMMENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER THINGS AND WHY WE CAN'T DO CERTAIN THINGS IN THE OPEN MEETINGS. AND SO I JUST WANTED ALL OF US TO BE ON THE SAME
PAGE, AS WELL AS LETTING OTHER PEOPLE HEAR ALL ABOUT,
YOU KNOW, OUR REQUIREMENTS IN THE LAW OF RELATED TO, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC INFORMATION, OPEN, ESPECIALLY OPEN MEETINGS,
WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO ON SOCIAL MEDIA BECAUSE OF WALKING QUORUMS. AND SO I JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO GET US ALL ON THE SAME PAGE,
AND ALSO TO LET OTHER PEOPLE HEAR WHY WE DON'T DO AND CANNOT DO CERTAIN THINGS. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL UNDERSTANDING THAT. 
          BUT ALSO IT'S AN ADVANTAGE BECAUSE PEOPLE ASK A LOT ON SOCIAL MEDIA WHY WE'RE NOT OUT
THERE. 
          SO THAT'S PERFECT. THAT'S, THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING AS WELL. 
          AND SO I'M GOING TO START WITH JUST SOME BASICS OF THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND THEN TALK
ABOUT WALK IN QUORUMS AND THEN SPECIFICALLY ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT IS THE STATE LAW THAT REQUIRES THAT MEETINGS BE IN THE OPEN. 
          IT'S PART OF THE OPEN GOVERNMENT PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. 
          IT INCLUDES THE PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT AND ETHICS CODE AS WELL. 
          SO THE FIRST THING TO KEEP IN MIND THAT A QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL IS FOUR OUT OF SEVEN IN
THIS CASE SO IT'S IF THERE'S FOUR MEMBERS TALKING TO EACH OTHER. 
          WELL, LET'S SAY TONIGHT ONLY FOUR PEOPLE SHOWED UP. WE WOULD HAVE ENOUGH FOR A MEETING. 
          JUST LIKE IF FOUR OF YOU SHOW UP TO TALK ABOUT CITY BUSINESS OUTSIDE OF A PROPERLY POSTED
MEETING, THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A MEETING. AND THE QUORUM CANNOT MEET OUTSIDE OF A PROPERLY
POSTED MEETING UNLESS THERE'S SOME OTHER EXCEPTION TO THAT MEETING, TO THE REQUIREMENTS. SO THE MEETING IS THE FOUR OUT OF SEVEN FOR CITY COUNCIL. 
          IT WORKS THE SAME FOR PLANNING AND ZONING. WILLIAMSON COUNTY. 
          ANY OF THOSE BODIES THAT ARE POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS,
THEY HAVE SIMILAR REQUIREMENTS. 
          UNLESS THERE'S AN EXCEPTION. THE EXAMPLE I GIVE HERE IS REGIONAL TRAINING,
BUT THERE ARE SOME OTHER EXCEPTIONS AS WELL. 
          AND IT'S WHEN YOU'RE MEETING TO DISCUSS ANY KIND OF PUBLIC POLICY OR BUSINESS THAT THE
CITY COUNCIL HAS SUPERVISION OR CONTROL OVER. 
          SO IT COULD EVEN BE ATTENDANCE AT ANOTHER BOARDS MEETING LIKE THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS COURT PHONE, VIDEO, EMAIL AND SOCIAL MEDIA CAN ALL CAUSE MEETINGS DEPENDING ON HOW THEY'RE USED. 
          ONE EXCEPTION THAT WE, THAT PEOPLE OFTEN SEE ON OUR AGENDAS IS CLOSED SESSION. 
          AND THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE RELATED TO CITY BUSINESS OR THAT PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY OF
OTHERS. 
          THAT ALLOWS US TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION. THIS INCLUDES THINGS LIKE REAL PROPERTY
CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY, THINGS THAT IF YOUR PERSONAL ATTORNEY THAT YOU WOULDN'T WANT MEETING IN PUBLIC ABOUT THIS, THIS CITY HAS THE SAME RIGHT AS JUST AN INDIVIDUAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
RECEIPT OF GIFTS AND THEN PERSONNEL MATTERS IS A COMMON CLOSED SESSION ITEM AS WELL. 
          EXCEPTIONS TO QUORUM. LIKE I SAID, THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE ANNUAL CONFERENCE IS A GREAT
EXAMPLE. THAT'S A REGIONAL WORKSHOP. AND THEY ALSO HAVE A LOT OF SEMINARS ALL OVER THE PLACE. THAT WOULD BE CANDIDATE AS WELL, CANDIDATE FORUM. 
          SO THAT WAS A RECENT CHANGE, BUT THAT IS ONE WHERE A QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL COULD GO TO A
CANDIDATES FORUM AND THEY WOULDN'T, THAT WOULDN'T BE CONSIDERED, EVEN THOUGH CITY BUSINESS WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE DISCUSSED AT
SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT'S NOT CONSIDERED AN OPEN MEETING ISSUE. 
          SOCIAL GATHERINGS, FESTIVALS, PRESS CONFERENCES,
AND ANY OTHER TYPE OF CEREMONIAL EVENT WHERE THE DISCUSSION OF CITY BUSINESS IS SECONDARY, INCIDENTAL TO THAT AS WALKING QUORUM'S A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW THIS ALL STARTED,
AND I DON'T EXPECT YOU ALL TO READ THIS WHOLE THING. 
          BUT THERE WAS A, A CASE OUT OF THE CITY OF ALPINE,
WHICH IS OUT IN WEST TEXAS NEAR BIG BEND WHERE THEY WERE PLANNING THEIR AGENDA, 
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WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE ALLOWED TO DO OUTSIDE OF A PROPERLY POSTED MEETING. BUT
THEY STARTED TO GET INTO THE SUBSTANCE OF THE ISSUE. 
          AND NOT ONLY WAS THAT THE ISSUE, BUT, YOU KNOW,
PEOPLE WERE LIKE, WELL, EMAIL, IF THERE'S A WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION OF IT, IT'S NOT THE SAME IN TIME. IT'S NOT CONTEMPORANEOUS,
BUT THAT CAN STILL CAUSE A OPEN SESSION. 
          OPEN MEETINGS PROBLEM. AND THEY DID HAVE ISSUES WITH THIS. 
          AND THIS IS WHAT REALLY LED TO SOME OF THE CHANGES TO STATE LAW IS,
YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZING THAT IN THE DAY AND AGE THAT WE LIVE IN NOW, THAT MEETINGS THROUGH EMAIL OR SOCIAL MEDIA COULD CAUSE A WALKING QUORUM OR QUORUM WHERE
IT'S PERSON A, TALKING TO PERSON B AND THEN PERSON B TALKING TO PERSON C. 
          SO IT WAS THAT TERM WAS FIRST COINED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL,
GREG ABBOTT, IN 2005, AND NOW IT'S BEEN INCORPORATED INTO CHAPTER 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. AND ALL THIS BASICALLY SAYS IS THAT IT'S CONSIDERED THE SAME AS IF
FOUR PEOPLE GOT IN THE SAME ROOM. 
          IF YOU'RE ALL TALKING TO EACH OTHER OVER EMAIL ON SUBSTANTIVE MATTERS,
DEALING WITH CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS, THEN THAT BECOMES AN ISSUE. AND THAT TRANSLATES ALSO TO SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          SO WHERE THIS BECOMES AN ISSUE IS YOU HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          SO LET'S SAY SOMEONE'S ON FACEBOOK OR SOME OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA AND THEY LIKE IT. 
          YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN LITIGATED. THEY LIKE A COMMENT OR LIKE SOMETHING THAT THE CITY IS
DOING. 
          AND THEN OTHER PEOPLE START TALKING ABOUT IT SUBSTANTIVELY. 
          OTHER PEOPLE, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, IT COULD EVEN BE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING
COMMISSION OR ANYONE COVERED BY THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT. 
          THEN THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A CIRCUMVENTION OF THE QUORUM REQUIREMENTS AND COULD BE A
VIOLATION OF THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, WHICH IS WHY YOU OFTEN WON'T SEE ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS WHO ARE SUBJECT TO THE
OPEN MEETINGS ACT, COMMENTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR RESPONDING WHOLE CLOTH TO EMAILS OCCASIONALLY. 
          I KNOW YOU ALL PROBABLY GET EMAILS WHERE A CITIZEN IS CONCERNED OR RESIDENT IS CONCERNED
ABOUT AN ISSUE, AND THEY'LL EMAIL ALL OF YOU AT ONCE. AND THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T ALL REPLY ALL TO THOSE
EMAILS, OTHER THAN TO SAY THAT YOU'LL GET BACK TO THEM BECAUSE THAT WITH THE SOCIAL MEDIA AND EVEN
TEXTING, CAN CAUSE A VIOLATION OF THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT,
BECAUSE THE PURPOSE IS THAT WE HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS OUT IN THE OPEN, NOT THAT WE'RE HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS WHERE EVERYONE CAN'T SEE THEM. 
          IN ADDITION, JUST KEEP IN MIND TEMPORARY THINGS. 
          YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS SAY THIS IN EVERY SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENTATION,
BUT DON'T USE SNAPCHAT. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S JUST PROBABLY A GOOD RULE OF THUMB. GENERALLY,
BUT THE ISSUE IS THAT YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GET THAT INFORMATION BACK IN. 
          NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE REQUIREMENTS IN THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT,
BUT UNDER RECORDS RETENTION LAWS, WE HAVE TO RETAIN RECORDS RELATED TO THE CITY. 
          AND YOU CAN'T DO THAT IF THEY'RE DISAPPEARING,
ALTHOUGH NOTHING'S EVER GONE COMPLETELY. 
          SO THERE'S TWO TYPES OF REALLY SOCIAL. WELL,
THERE'S REALLY THREE THAT ELECTED OFFICIALS CAN USE. 
          THEY CAN HAVE THEIR PERSONAL SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS. THIS DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CAN TOTALLY
NOT BE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. 
          I USED TO JOKE THAT YOU SHOULDN'T BE FRIENDS WITH EACH OTHER ON FACEBOOK,
BUT REALLY, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF BEING COGNIZANT OF THE RULES OF THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT. 
          SO FOR PERSONAL SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS, IT'S JUST CLEAR. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT YOU ARE IT'S YOUR PERSONAL VIEW THAT YOU'RE NOT
REPRESENTING THE CITY OF LIBERTY HILL OR THE VOICE OF THE CITY IN ANY MANNER. 
          AS AN INDIVIDUAL. YES, BUT NOT AS THE CITY ITSELF. 
          AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU SHOULDN'T BE INTERACTING WITH EACH OTHER SOCIAL
MEDIA ACCOUNTS. 
          BECAUSE THAT COULD CAUSE AN ISSUE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT. 
          AND THEN ALWAYS, IF SOMEONE DOES HAVE A QUESTION,
YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES WE HAVE STAFF THAT CAN RESPOND, BUT YOU CAN ALSO REDIRECT PEOPLE TO OFFICIAL CITY RESOURCES,
WHETHER IT'S THE WEBSITE OR TO SOMEONE AT THE CITY THAT CAN ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO WHEN SOMEONE COMES AND MAKES A COMMENT THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA,
BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS DIRECT THEM TO CITY STAFF. 
          IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THAT. AND THEN THE OFFICIAL SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT. 
          SO SOMETIMES THERE WILL BE OFFICIAL SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS JUST FOR THE CITY OR CERTAIN
DEPARTMENT, BUT MAYBE THERE'S ALSO SOME FOR INDIVIDUAL ELECTED OFFICIALS. 
          AND THE KEY IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME SOME POLICIES REGARDING MEDIA THAT WE THAT YOU'VE
PROBABLY BEEN SPOKEN TO ABOUT. 
          AND WE'RE WORKING ON A WRITTEN POLICY ON THAT. JUST BASICALLY,
HOW DO WE SHOW THE CITY'S VOICE? HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE HAVE A CONSISTENT VOICE? YOU NEED TO FOLLOW THE CITY'S RECORDS RETENTION POLICY. SO CURRENTLY,
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO WITH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS TO MAKE SURE IT'S ALL RETAINED. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THINGS DO KIND OF DISAPPEAR OR SEEM TO DISAPPEAR. 
          SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP THAT INFORMATION. 
          ONCE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY NOT INTERACTING WITH THE POST IN A SUBSTANTIVE WAY TO
PREVENT AN OPEN MEETINGS ACT VIOLATION. 
          ANYONE'S ALLOWED TO FOLLOW AN OFFICIAL SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT. 
          THEY CAN'T REALLY BE BANNED FROM THE ACCOUNT. 
          YOU CAN HAVE A POLICY REGARDING, YOU KNOW, ABUSIVE LANGUAGE OR THINGS LIKE THAT. 
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YOU JUST HAVE TO KEEP EVERY COMMENT THAT YOU GET,
BUT YOU JUST DO HAVE TO ALLOW EVERYONE TO FOLLOW YOUR ACCOUNTS IF THEY'RE AN OFFICIAL SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT. THERE'S ALWAYS FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES RELATED TO COMMENTS. 
          LIKE I SAID, YOU HAVE TO KEEP THE COMMENTS, ALL OF THEM FOR RECORDS RETENTION. 
          BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO MONITOR COMMENTS,
THEY IT HAS TO BE BASED ON AN OBJECTIVE POLICY, LIKE NOT USING VULGAR LANGUAGE. AND THEN THESE WOULD BE SEPARATE FROM ANY CAMPAIGN
ACCOUNTS THAT ANY ELECTED OFFICIAL MIGHT HAVE. 
          AND PENALTIES. SO IF THIS IS VIOLATED, WHETHER IT'S A WALKING FORUM OR AN INAPPROPRIATE
CLOSED SESSION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IT'S USUALLY PROSECUTED BY THE COUNTY OR DISTRICT ATTORNEY. IT CAN BE FINES OR JAIL TIME. 
          THEY USE THE TRAINING THAT YOU TAKE IN OPEN MEETINGS ACT AS A REASON TO PROSECUTE YOU,
BUT ALSO THE FACT THAT YOU HAVEN'T TAKEN THAT TRAINING OR THAT YOU SAY YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE LAW WAS, THEY DON'T THAT'S NOT A DEFENSE. 
          THERE IS CIVIL LIABILITY, ESPECIALLY IN THE CASE OF TAKING AN ACTION. 
          AND THEN LATER ON, IT'S DETERMINED THAT SOME OF IT WAS TAKEN OUTSIDE OF A PROPERLY POSTED
MEETING. 
          YOU MIGHT HAVE TO GO BACK AND CHANGE SOME THINGS. 
          AND JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT ANY ACTIONS THAT YOU TAKE IN VIOLATION OF THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT
ARE VOIDABLE. 
          AND SO THEY MIGHT HAVE TO BE REDONE OR UNDONE COMPLETELY. 
          SO JUST SOME GENERAL STUFF. THE MAKING SURE MEETINGS ARE POSTED TIMELY,
ESPECIALLY WITH OUR NEW GUIDELINES, MAKING SURE THAT OUR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA ARE SPECIFIC MAKING SURE THAT YOU DO THE CORRECT
MOTION FOR CLOSED SESSION. 
          E MAILING EACH OTHER, LIKE I SAID, IT CAN BE CONSIDERED A CLOSED MEETING. 
          IT'S ONE THING FOR US TO SAY, OKAY, IS EVERYONE MEETING AT THE JULY 4TH THING AT THIS TIME
FOR A PICTURE? THAT'S ONE THING. IT'S ANOTHER THING TO TALK SUBSTANTIVELY ABOUT CITY MATTERS. 
          NOT ACCOMMODATING THE SIZE OF THE AUDIENCE. THERE MIGHT BE A POINT WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO
HAVE TO HAVE YOUR MEETING SOMEWHERE ELSE IF THIS ROOM ISN'T BIG ENOUGH. AND OF COURSE, ALLOWING INDIVIDUALS IN CLOSED SESSION WHO AREN'T ALIGNED WITH THE CITY,
THAT'S A VERY NICHE THING. 
          BUT IT CAN HAPPEN. AND THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I LIKE TO MENTION. 
          AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. 
          I'LL GIVE YOU I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. SOMETHING PROBABLY THE LAST TWO MONTHS. 
          THERE WAS A POST ON THE LIBERTY HILL WEBSITE OR FACEBOOK GROUPS,
AND I WON'T TALK ABOUT THE SUBJECT BECAUSE IT MIGHT COME UP IN ANOTHER MEETING OR SO, BUT THERE WAS MISINFORMATION ABOUT IT SAYING THERE'S A SECRET VOTE,
A HIDDEN VOTE. 
          AND SO ALL I DID IS WENT ON AND CORRECTED AND SAID,
IN TEXAS, A CITY, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A SECRET OR HIDDEN VOTE. 
          ALL VOTES ARE AT THE DAIS. EVEN IF WE HAVE A CLOSED SESSION THAT COMES BACK,
ALL VOTES ARE HERE. 
          SO I JUST CORRECTED THAT AND I SAID, BUT I WON'T COMMENT ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE
BECAUSE IT MAY COME UP, MIGHT COME UP IN A FUTURE MEETING, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          OKAY. SO YOU KNOW, IF YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE WHO RESPONDED TO THAT,
THEN THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE. 
          IT'S WHEN YOU GET LIKE, MAYBE YOU RESPONDED AND SOMEONE ELSE LIKES IT,
LIKE MAYOR PRO TEM LIKES OR SOMETHING. 
          SO OUR RIGHT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU CAN OR CAN'T DO. 
          I MEAN, THE STATE WILL TELL YOU, BUT A STAFF,
WHAT WE'LL SAY IS IT'S BETTER IN THOSE SITUATIONS TO DIRECT YOUR COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR OR GET WITH THOMAS AND SAY, HEY, SOMEONE PUT THIS ON THE CAN. 
          CAN SOMEONE FROM STAFF CORRECT THIS? OKAY. JUST SO THAT THE POSSIBILITY OF AN OPEN
MEETINGS ACT VIOLATION DOESN'T OCCUR. 
          OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BY THE WAY,
WHAT I DO WITH THOSE TWO IS I JUST EMAIL IT TO MYSELF. 
          THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE KEEPING A RECORD OF IT. 
          IT'S SO LONG AS IT'S YOUR CITY EMAIL ADDRESS. 
          YES, YES. THAT'S FINE. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER
HENNESSEY AND I TALKED ABOUT WHEN WE PUT THIS ON, AND WE JUST WANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE, ALTHOUGH I THINK IMPLEMENTATION OF IT WOULD BE QUITE
CUMBERSOME. 
          AND THAT IS WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION BOARD. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO JUST EXPLAIN
THE CHALLENGES OF THAT. 
          IF WE GO BECAUSE WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION BOARD,
I THINK THERE'S SOME A FEW OTHER CITIES HAVE IT, BUT AGAIN, THE RULES FOR THAT WOULD SCARE ME,
I THINK. 
          YES. SO CITIES CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION BOARD. IT'S USUALLY AT A SET AMOUNT OF TIME. 
          SO IT'S NOT LIKE YOU CAN JUST POST ANYTHING ANYTIME YOU WANT. 
          IT HAS TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES. 
          I DO BELIEVE FACEBOOK HAS AN OPTION FOR THAT. 
          THAT'S A DISCUSSION BOARD. YOU HAVE TO KEEP IT ALL. 
          IT'S YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, RETAIN IT. THERE ARE OTHER RULES RELATED TO IT. 
          IT'S A POSSIBILITY. BUT ONCE AGAIN, IT'S ALMOST JUST LIKE HAVING A MEETING BECAUSE IT'S
ONLY DURING A CERTAIN TIME FRAME AND IT'S WHOEVER WANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN IT. 
          SO IT'S OUT THERE. IT'S AN OPTION, BUT NOT VERY MANY CITIES HAVE IMPLEMENTED IT,
JUST ONES THAT HAVE A VERY ROBUST IT DEPARTMENT AND A VERY ROBUST 
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COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT THAT CAN MANAGE THE RULES RELATED TO IT. 
          THANK YOU. THAT'S KIND OF REALLY WHAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THAT INFORMATION,
BECAUSE IT DOES COME UP A LOT. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL SEE IT, BUT WE GET IT A LOT. AND THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS,
IF ONE OF US POSTS, OTHERS OF US CAN SEE IT. YEAH. AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WHY ARE THEY NOT OUT HERE COMMENTING? AND IT'S LIKE,
OKAY, WE NEED TO EXPLAIN THIS. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. 
          WE CAN THEN GIVE SOMEBODY'S ADDRESS TO CONTACT US IF IT'S THOMAS'S EMAIL. 
          YEAH. OR SO OR WE CAN TAG THE CITY OF LIBERTY HILL. 
          YEAH, I'LL ANSWER THAT ONE. THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION IS JUST TO REACH OUT TO ME DIRECTLY
AND SAY, HOW DO YOU WANT US TO HANDLE THIS? BECAUSE DEPENDING ON WHAT THE SITUATION IS,
IT COULD BE A CONVERSATION RELATED TO THE UDC OR STRATEGIC PLANNING. 
          AND WE'VE GOT EMAILS SET UP FOR THOSE. IT COULD BE A GENERAL INBOX DEPENDING ON WHAT THAT
IS. 
          SO JUST LET ME KNOW AND WE'LL, WE'LL GET YOU SQUARED AWAY. SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN. 
          THANK YOU. BECAUSE I OFTEN WONDER, CAN'T WE AT LEAST DIRECT THEM TO SOMEBODY SO THAT THEY
KNOW WE ARE SEEING IT? RIGHT. THANK YOU LAURA. YOU'RE WELCOME. APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL CLOSE OUR WORKSHOP AT 547.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.