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CityCouncil | 2015-10-06 | 11 | meetings; the public is entitled to know what Council bases votes on; she would not support the ability to pull up information at the meeting with no advance notice to the public; the Brown Act still governs what Council does. Mayor Spencer stated her recollection was that the Commission did have a recommendation that staff is now contradicting. Councilmember Oddie stated page two of the staff report describes the Commission's recommendation; that he is inclined to support the Commission's recommendation; communicating with each other using devices is inappropriate, but Council should be allowed to research information and keep phones on in case of family emergency. Councilmember Daysog concurred with Councilmember Oddie; stated his main concern is the inability to use calculators, an Excel spreadsheet is a calculator. Mayor Spencer concurred with Councilmembers Oddie and Daysog; stated that she disagrees with having to use notes in hardcopy which is contrary to being green; Council should be able to access calculators, emails, and notes; she supports the Commission's recommendation that communication with each other via devices should be prohibited. Councilmember Ezzy Ashcraft concurred with Councilmember Daysog; inquired what limitation language he was considering. Councilmember Daysog responded that he does not have specific language but was impressed with Mr. Foreman's letter because it satisfies Occam's Razor, the things that are most parsimonious are probably better. Councilmember Ezzy Ashcraft stated texts from family about emergencies should be allowed; she would like the City Attorney to weigh in on accessing information that the public would not have access to on which the Council might be basing decisions. Mayor Spencer inquired how retrieving information from a tablet differs from printing out the same information in hard copy to reference during a meeting. The Assistant City Attorney stated if there is Council consensus, that language needs to be clarified, rather than wordsmithing tonight, Council can make comments, the matter will return to the OGC. Councilmember Oddie stated that he would like to incorporate Mr. Foreman's suggestions. The Assistant City Attorney stated staff could wordsmith the language to accomplish what the Council would like to do. Regular Meeting Alameda City Council 11 October 6, 2015 | CityCouncil/2015-10-06.pdf |