Seymour Ordinance Committee mulls boards’ use of teleconferencing

By Jean Falbo-Sosnovich
Register Correspondent
SEYMOUR — If a board or commission member cannot attend a meeting, is it OK to sit in via cellphone or the Internet?
Town officials will tackle that question at special meeting of the Ordinance Committee at 5 p.m. Tuesday in Town Hall.
First Selectman Kurt Miller called the meeting because of a Board of Education meeting last month, when member Kristen Harmeling was unable to attend, but she was there by cellphone, with board members listening via computer speakers.


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