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SAMPLE TRADITIONAL TELECONFERENCE SCRIPT
AFTER THE MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER

Mayor/Board President/Chairperson:

I would like to announce for the record that this meeting is being conducted pursuant to
California Government Code section 54953(b) concerning teleconferencing of meetings.
Council/Board member ____________ is participating in this meeting by speaker phone from
______________________ [provide complete address]. In accordance with the Brown Act, this
location has been identified on the agenda for this meeting.

I would now like to ask Council/Board member ____________ to respond to the following
questions:

Are you able to hear our proceedings on this end?

Do you have a copy of the agenda for this meeting?

Has the agenda been posted at your location?

Is your location such that any member of the public could participate in the public
portions of this teleconference meeting from your location?

Members of the Council/Board, are you able to hear Council/Board member ____________?

Thank you. Because we are having a meeting with teleconferencing, all actions will be by a roll
call vote.

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