This is true for the council’s 27 other boards and commissions, as well. While they mainly exist to advise the city, some of these bodies — the Planning Commission and the Board of Appeals, for instance — also have the final say over certain issues. The lack of video documentation can leave Annapolitans in the dark on important decisions being made in their city, says Diane Butler, who sits on the Planning Commission and has Facebook lived some town hall meetings herself.