May 21, 2009, Nevada County, California - County residents can now watch Nevada County Board of Supervisors meetings at their convenience by visiting the County’s website.   Viewers may click on the "Board of Supervisors Streaming Media Archives" button or type http://www.mynevadacounty.com/streaming in your browser. Then select  "In Progress" in Upcoming events. 
County employees may use this local link:   Local Link for BOS streaming Meetings.

The new system is powered by San Francisco-based Granicus, Inc., the premier provider of government webcasting and public meeting management solutions to nearly 400 government agencies spanning 39 states across the nation.

The County Board has made open and transparent government a priority.  Several years ago we began televising County Board meetings.  We have worked hard to increase public input and involvement in government.  Making County Board meetings available on the internet, at our citizens’ convenience, is another example of these ongoing efforts.

In December 2008, Nevada County contracted with Granicus, Inc. to provide residents with unprecedented access to board meetings.  County officials were seeking to create new opportunities to engage their citizens in local government and wanted a cost-effective and convenient way to do so.  The City of Nevada City, Grass Valley and the local public access television station, NCTV were included in the negotiated contract to share software, hardware and on-going services.  The cities will have full capability to provide streaming video of their government meetings.  NCTV will have the capability to provide local community programming to residents over the internet.  Nevada County’s solution includes streaming software to capture, manage, store and distribute online video recordings of public meetings.   The video page includes a keyword search and is linked to the meeting agendas so users can simply search an issue they are interested in watching the County Board discuss.  

 To access a County Board meeting on the internet:

 1)  Visit http://www.mynevadacounty.com/boardofsupervisors
 2)  Click on the link for Board of Supervisors Streaming Media 
 3)  Under the Upcoming Events, choose a live meeting that is currently in progress or an archived meeting by clicking on the date.

County Board meetings are generally held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month, beginning at 9:00am.
Meetings will be available live and will be archived and available by the next day.