County commissioner meeting videos to be archived on site, live in different venue

​YORK COUNTY – In the future, all the York County Commissioner meeting videos will be archived on the county’s website and it is likely they will be available online via YouTube rather than Facebook.

​York County Commissioner Daniel Grotz explained to the other county board members how he and the other members of the county’s tech committee recently met.
“We talked about Facebook’s changing policies and how our live video feed is handled now,” Grotz said.
Right now, the county’s videos are archived within the county’s Facebook account, but in the future, that will no longer be possible.
“Today, our video is on Facebook but it will only be there 30 days,” Grotz said. “The Nebraska Secretary of State says the videos need to be retained for a year, so we need to something. We worked with Eric Eckert (who built the county’s website) and he is downloading all our previous meetings and then will put them on the county’s website.
“Going forward, we will probably transition to YouTube Live, which will tie into the website,” Grotz continued. “The other part of our discussion was how to get control of the recording off this desk (for the responsibility of recording, other than with a county board member at the controls) in case it’s not working for whatever reason.”
Grotz explained the situation during the committee reports portion of the commissioners’ meeting.
Also during committee reports:

• Commissioner Andy Bowman noted how he and Grotz visited the roads department that morning. “The (new) truck was delivered but it was not set to specs so they are working to fix that.

“I also attended a five-county roads department meeting where they are looking at pooling projects” in order to receive a federal grant, Bowman said. “There was really good conversation and we will continue to look at bundling projects for federal grant funding.”
He also noted there was going to be a historical society board meeting, which he would be attending, as the conversation has begun as far as relocating the historical society in order to create new space for District 5 probation. “We are looking at finding a new residence for the historical society, we’ll be talking about that.”

• Commissioner Joe Burgess said he also attended the tech committee meeting with Grotz and would be going to a Blue Valley meeting as well.
• Commissioner LeRoy Ott said he attended Region V and APACE meetings.
• Commissioner Chairman Randy Obermier reminded the other board members how the Nebraska Association of County Officials (NACO) will be holding a meeting in York on May 8.

“We are also within the end of our fiscal year, with three months left to go,” Obermier noted, as budget formulation efforts will start again soon.
“This afternoon, we will be meeting with the corrections team and the designer of the sprinkler project in the jail,” Obermier continued.
He also noted the 911 Emergency Communications Advisory Committee met and he was pleased to report the dispatch center is nearly 100% fully staffed.
“I also had a visit from city officials and they continue to have complaints about downtown parking,” Obermier said. “They have no interest in installing meters. They will start a new public information effort soon. On our part, we need to encourage the use of the nearby parking lots.”