City Council Technical AV Setup Discussion - April 20, 2026
City Council Technical AV Setup Discussion - April 20, 2026
This meeting was not a formal city council business session. The transcript consists entirely of a technical discussion among AV staff and technicians troubleshooting audio and video equipment issues in the council chambers. No agenda, minutes, or public testimony were provided, and no official actions or decisions were taken.
Technical Discussion
- Staff discussed ongoing issues with a Granicus encoder, including blinking lights, resolution/refresh rate problems, and loss of signal. The encoder was rebooted and settings were adjusted.
- Audio problems were addressed: a Zoom room microphone was too loud initially, then produced no sound after switching inputs. The audio routing was traced through a DSP and HDMI connections. Technicians attempted to adjust volumes and test different inputs.
- A laptop with a dead pixel was noted as a minor annoyance.
- Future remodel plans for the council chambers were discussed, including leveling the floor, adding a presentation port, and installing a curved direct-view LED wall for logo display. The remodel will involve architects.
- Staff compared AV equipment options, including Extron, Blackmagic, and other brands, and debated the merits of network-capable devices versus standalone units.
- A hard drive failure on a new device was mentioned, requiring a replacement.
- The possibility of implementing voice tracking and using a dedicated AV network was explored, but no final decisions were made.
Key Outcomes
- No votes, formal motions, or directives were issued. The meeting was purely a technical coordination session to prepare for future council meetings and equipment upgrades.
Meeting Transcript
Oh, it's just saying that it's scheduled. I see. Oh, see our plot that was? Yes. That was really loud. I don't know. I'll see if we can fit figure out why that's so. Uh yeah, I don't know. Anyways. It should all be going now. Okay. Okay. Sweet. Thank you. Yeah. Hey Nick, are you gonna need me for anything or okay? I don't uh uh other than I'll let you know to the kill the granite meeting. Yeah, we're done. Um yeah, that sounds good. Just shoot me a message and let me know. Okay. Well you end the zoom meeting. Yeah, I'll end the zoom meeting. Okay, yeah. Not blinking. Not like it was like every four seconds it was blinking. So this is what's coming out of Ranicus right now. Okay. And it was every four seconds. I rebooted that, and then it still did it. And so that's when I was like, okay, there's something, and then I plugged the HDMI into the monitor and like, okay, it's not blinking on there. I need Andre to come look at that device. Uh exactly. I don't like that. No. Then we can make the MI and then they said, oh no, that doesn't we're not ready to replace that yet. And it won't be weak. Why did you tell us that it would? Yeah, uh, you see I got the significant issue for their page directions. I really don't honestly find back in here. So yeah, uh the work here was the issue that they have where uh was the refresh rate off. Uh it is a blink. Yeah. You said visual on the browser wasn't here, right? Yeah, you were watching the lights on the front of it blank. And that was visible yet, and then so the white was orange. Yep. Okay, that's that's what it's uh might not be a power orange. Don't worry, when I looked up what that meant, it meant that it lost it. Yeah, okay.
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