Thank you City Clerk Salerno! I appreciate your interest over the years. While the concern about access and the differences of opinion about access to public records through the City Clerks and City Council Offices remain of concern, it’s clear that that the improvements with respect to open government have been great that folks can understand the work, the practices, the deliberations of Boston City Council better through the expanded materials available on the web.
Please confirm with Massachusetts Records Management Unit
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcrmu/rmuidx.htm
that the computer file with the full transcript stored on the Diamante Stenograph in the Council Chamber shouldn’t be removed from City Hall. That whatever work done with the computer file should be done on a copy keeping an original computer file at City Hall given that downloading is a relatively trivial effort that would comply with Massachusetts Records Management practices.
