Airdrie City Council unanimously voted against webcasting its meetings, at the Council meeting on October 17. Last year, an Airdrie resident brought the issue to aldermen, asking them to consider webcasting or video streaming town hall meetings online so residents could watch at home. Sharon Pollyck with theCcity says the idea was stalled for a couple of reasons.

Of 154 Airdrie residents polled, only 23.7% said they wanted access to online City Council meetings. In addition, in a 2010 web survey of 1,821 people, only one person requested both recorded and streaming video versions of City Hall meetings on the website. Pollyck says the 2012 Citizen Satisfaction Survey will include a request for feedback on council meeting webcasts. Council voted to include the concept in the e-government review that the City will be conducting in 2013.