Duval delegation ready to champion bill requiring streaming of JaxPort, Jax Aviation Authority meetings

Duval County residents and other interested parties may have an easier time remotely monitoring local port and airport matters soon, and they may be able to do it while drinking outside in downtown Jacksonville. The Duval County legislative delegation is carrying legislation that would require the Jacksonville Port Authority and the Jacksonville Aviation Authority to stream their meetings, except for shade meetings, and to post those streams on their websites within three days. The Jacksonville City Council, which has passed a resolution supporting the charter amendment, said the move will ensure meetings are held in the most open and transparent manner practicable. Rep. Dean Black spoke of the aspiration for more public access and how the rule change would bring the meetings out of the darkness and into the light. Councilman Ron Salem, who sponsored the Council resolution, said the goal was to ensure meetings were streamed and televised automatically. Other independent authoriti