Karla Persky, multimedia production specialist for the city of Elgin works a control board for video coverage of a Planning and Zoning meeting at City Hall in Elgin Monday. May 7, 2012. | John Konstantaras~For Sun-Times Media
Erin Baxter, Hemmens technician, checks microphones before a Planning and Zoning meeting at City Hall in Elgin Monday. May 7, 2012. | John Konstantaras~For Sun-Times Media
An online fee shows coverage of a Planning and Zoning meeting at City Hall in Elgin Monday. May 7, 2012. | John Konstantaras~For Sun-Times Media
Sue Campbell, Hemmens technician, works a camera during a Planning and Zoning meeting at City Hall in Elgin Monday. May 7, 2012. | John Konstantaras~For Sun-Times Media
Karla Persky, multimedia production specialist for the city of Elgin checks a camera before a Planning and Zoning meeting at City Hall in Elgin Monday. May 7, 2012. | John Konstantaras~For Sun-Times Media
Sue Campbell, Hemmens technician, gets her camera ready before a Planning and Zoning meeting at City Hall in Elgin Monday. May 7, 2012. | John Konstantaras~For Sun-Times Media
Karla Persky, (left) multimedia production specialist for the city of Elgin and Erin Baxter, Hemmens technician, work a control board for video coverage of a Planning and Zoning meeting at City Hall in Elgin Monday. May 7, 2012. | John Konstantaras~For Sun-Times Media
A computer shows an oline feed as Karla Persky, multimedia production specialist for the city of Elgin works a control board for video coverage of a Planning and Zoning meeting at City Hall in Elgin Monday. May 7, 2012. | John Konstantaras~For Sun-Times Media
Karla Persky, multimedia production specialist for the city of Elgin works a control board for video coverage of a Planning and Zoning meeting at City Hall in Elgin Monday. May 7, 2012. | John Konstantaras~For Sun-Times Media
ELGIN — Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago recently ranked Elgin third behind Naperville and Chicago on a list of municipalities rated for how well they are using the Internet to inform their residents about the goings-on of local governments. As part of …