The public meeting room at the courthouse is getting a new projection system that will make it easier for the public to see the background materials the commissioners access on their laptop computers. The projection helps those attending the meeting follow what's going on, in the interest of making public meetings truly 'open' to the public.
The new projection system will also solve a small problem the commissioners want to ensure never becomes a big one. The current projector sits on a wobbly tall wooden stand between the commissioners' table and the chairs where members of the public sit. The cords that connect the projector to power and to the computers run across the floor and are always in the way when people addressing the commissioners move between the table and the audience.
A rubber ramp cover that was a former attempt to solve the problem often gets flipped over by the movement of chair rollers as people come and go, making the problem worse.
The solution will be a projection system mounted in the ceiling at the back of the meeting room. The distance that has to be covered made a high-powered and more expensive, ($8,729) projector necessary. The purchase and installation will be completed in the next weeks.
Contact Joyce Sheen at j.sheen@winnemuccapublishing.net[[In-content Ad]]
