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Edited and summarized by the Detroit - MI Documenters Team

Live reporting by Heather Alder

The Wayne County Commission was unable to livestream the meeting virtually via Zoom or YouTube, due to a cyberattack that disabled county government servers.

Heather P In The D! @HeatherPInTheD
Hey Hey Hey! #Detroit Be back at 10am for coverage of our Wayne County Commission -full comm meeting @10a for #DetroitDocumenters @DetDocumenters & media partners: @BridgeDet313 @chalkbeatDET @freep @media_outlier @metrotimes @MichiganRadio @PlanetDetroit @wdet @wxyzdetroit.

05:09 AM Oct 3, 2024 CDT

Heather P In The D! @HeatherPInTheD 2/14
This is the website for the commission, but I can’t open (tried several ways). Not certain what the issue is at this time. Will keep trying! waynecounty.com/elected/commis…
waynecounty.com/elected/commis…
Heather P In The D! @HeatherPInTheD 3/14
Here is the link to the zoom meeting.. Hopefully this will be working! waynecounty.zoom.us/my/waynecounty…
waynecounty.zoom.us/my/waynecounty…
Heather P In The D! @HeatherPInTheD 4/14
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Heather P In The D! @HeatherPInTheD 5/14
Oh yeah… This might have something to do with it! Cyberattack hits Wayne County government; services affected as hacker demands ransom wxyz.com/news/local-new…
wxyz.com/news/local-new…
Heather P In The D! @HeatherPInTheD 6/14
Via Facebook 16hrs ago “Tech staff is working to fix issues with the county server. Because of that, tomorrow's Wayne County Commission meeting might not be avaialble via livestream on the commssion YouTube page or Zoom. We will keep you updated as more details become available.”
Heather P In The D! @HeatherPInTheD 7/14
They have not posted any updates to this.
Heather P In The D! @HeatherPInTheD 8/14
Still no updates. On the zoom page, should that open up.
Heather P In The D! @HeatherPInTheD 9/14
Nothing…no zoom…no YouTube live feed.
Heather P In The D! @HeatherPInTheD 10/14
Oh and no Facebook updates about the meeting.
Heather P In The D! @HeatherPInTheD 11/14
Still no updates. Will keep looking and update shortly.
Heather P In The D! @HeatherPInTheD 12/14
Still nothing…
Heather P In The D! @HeatherPInTheD 13/14
So the meeting ended at 11am.
Heather P In The D! @HeatherPInTheD 14/14
Unable to participate in the meeting via zoom or livestream… That concludes the documenting of the Wayne County Commission Full Commission meeting. Follow @DetDocumenters and visit to keep up with our local government meetings. detroit.documenters.org
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Wayne County Commission

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The Wayne County Commission and its employees are the legislative branch of county government. The chief role of the commission is to adopt a budget and enact ordinances. The commission also approves contracts, appointments and rules. The money is spent and ordinances are enforced through the administrative branch. The $1.5 billion budget runs the county operations that serve the more than 1.8 million people living in Wayne County.

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