photo by: Josie Heimsoth

County staff attempt to resolve a technical problem at the Douglas County Commission meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025.

The Douglas County Commission’s meeting on Wednesday was interrupted when a person making public comments via Zoom displayed a sexually explicit video and the Zoom feed experienced a technical problem.

The disruption happened during discussion on an agenda item related to the county’s financial statements. The commenter on Zoom did not say anything, but rather displayed a video onscreen depicting nudity and sexual acts. Immediately following this, the Zoom recording temporarily stopped working.

The commission then went into recess for several minutes so that county staff could get the technical systems working again. Public comment for the agenda item ended after the commissioners returned from the recess.