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TELECONFERENCING BRINGS COUNTY MEETINGS TO THE HI-DESERT

Morongo Basin residents will soon be able to attend San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors meetings remotely, with teleconferencing equipment that will be installed in Joshua Tree. Reporter Dan Stork tells about the county’s logistical moves concerning this capability…
San Bernardino is moving the High Desert teleconferencing location from the Victorville Transitional Assistance office to the Jerry Lewis High Desert Government Center in Hesperia. The county is also establishing a teleconferencing location in Joshua Tree, at the County government center at Whitefeather Road and State Route 62. Through teleconferencing, the public can either testify before or make presentations to the Board of Supervisors or simply watch the meeting without having to travel to San Bernardino. Live and archived meetings can be viewed through CountyDirect at http://www.sbcounty.gov/main/countydirect.asp. Only about half of the approximately 45 meetings that have occurred since the
Victorville teleconference site went live in September 2011 have attracted public participation. The county hopes that moving to a location that offers an array of government services will lead to an increase in use. Teleconferencing from Victorville ceased following the April 9 Board of Supervisors meeting so the equipment from that site, which is not compatible with the Hesperia location, could be moved to the Joshua Tree site, in time for a May 7 launch. Equipment for the Hesperia location has been ordered and teleconferencing from the High Desert is expected to resume there sometime during the summer.

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