Only half of that is the actual meeting - which starts at the 56:30 mark and goes for two hours - the rest is mostly an attractive aerial shot of the Urunga boardwalk and the Mylestom Spit with the promise that the meeting will resume shortly.

The new Model Code of Meeting Practice released at the end of 2018 stated that all NSW councils should be webcasting their meetings within 12 months.

"If it's good enough for federal and state MPs to go live to the nation, then there is no reason why local councillors should be exempt," Local Government Minister Gabrielle Upton said at the time.

"The reality is that residents and ratepayers who want to know what is going on at their council can get online and be informed."

The Model Code of Meeting Practice,the first uniform set of meeting rules for NSW councils, also includes optional time limits on meetings, a five-minute limit on councillor speeches, uniform rules of debate, and limits on mayoral minutes.

Councils are also encouraged to hold public forums before ordinary meetings so residents can address the council, as well as pre-meeting briefings for councillors where general managers outline business agenda items so they can make informed decisions.

If you'd like to watch council in action on a regular basis, you can subscribe by searching for the Bellingen Shire Council channel on YouTube.

This is also the place to go if you want to binge watch multiple council sessions, but currently there's only January and February 2020 available.

Here's a tip: January's was much more exciting.

For February's meeting, a link to the recording can be found alongside the agenda document and the minutes of the meeting at https://www.bellingen.nsw.gov.au/council/agenda-and-minutes.

Councillors sit in the same positions at each meeting.

On the left-hand side is Cr Desmae Harrison, Cr Steve Klipin (absent recently) and Cr Steve Jenkins; and on the right-hand side Cr Garry Carter, Cr Jennie Fenton and Cr Toni Wright-Turner. In the centre is Cr Dominic King, the mayor.

Council staff in attendance at Wednesday's meeting included Liz Jeremy (General Manager), Michelle McFadyen (Deputy General Manager Corporate and Community), Luke Perry (Acting Deputy General Manager, Building and Planning), John Fyfe (Acting Deputy General Manager Operations) and Kay Stirling (Support Officer Corporate and Community).

Former Deputy General Manager Operations Matt Fanning resigned at the end of last year.