Follow City Meetings on Your Cell Phone

The office of the city auditor and clerk announced Tuesday an expansion of the city fo Sarasota's existing archived meetings service. The meetings are now available as MP3 (audio) and MP4 (video) downloads. 

According to the city, this expansion makes it possible for more users to access meeting and city programming archives and makes it possible for mobile users of, for example, the iPhone, Android, iPad, and other tablets and Smartphone’s, with Internet access, to participate now as well.   

"The City has offered live streaming and archived video for the past five years, but we are constantly looking for ways to enhance customer service for greater citizen engagement and transparency," said Pamela Nadalini, City Auditor and Clerk in a city press release. "This new technology dramatically improves our streaming media capabilities, making citizen participation in the policy-making process much easier.”

To access these features, go to SarasotaGov.com and click the Live/Archived Video icon on the lower right hand corner and select either the audio or video link.

Also included in the service expansion is the ability for regular personal computer-based viewers to share videos over popular social networking sites as well as copy and embed portions of a meeting, or an entire video, through the player itself.