A staff member demonstrated meeting-management tools for Waukesha City that allow staff to add or time public commenters, create and delete timestamps, mark attendees as stepped away, and trim on-demand video; the presentation did not result in any formal action.

The demonstration focused on the public-comment timer and on-demand video controls. “The default timer is 3 minutes,” the staff member said, noting the timer can be shortened or lengthened and started from the interface so the remaining time is visible on screen. The staff member also said that if a timestamp is created by mistake, “you can actually click on it ... delete that permanently.”

The presenter described an “add speaker” function that populates a speaker list; staff can type a name to add someone and indicate when a person has stepped away. “There’s also this note feature here,” the staff member said, to mark when someone left and later returned. The speaker said video editing — trimming the front and back of the recording — is done after the meeting and that the edited recording “will still be available to the public.”

City staff framed the demonstration as an operational overview rather than a policy change; no motion, directive, or vote followed the demonstration. Officials did not specify a timetable for broader deployment or any changes to public-comment rules. The staff member said the recording would be trimmed “the next morning” and then made available.

The demonstration addressed practical concerns relevant to members of the public and meeting administrators: how speakers are added and timed, how accidental timestamps can be removed, how attendance or stepped-away status is noted, and how on-demand recordings are edited and published.