This pandemic has challenged all of us to varying degrees. Coping with stay-at-home orders, restricted business operations, economic hardship and isolation are just a few of the difficulties we’ve all faced.

Governments and public agencies, in particular, have grappled with ever-changing situations. They have needed to make decisions quickly in the interest of public health, trying to ensure safety with proper distance while hosting properly noticed public meetings virtually.

In some ways, takin...