LYNN – While the City Council historically voted to approve the broadcasting of council meetings Tuesday, they also laid down the law when it came to restrictions – 39 in total that have left many wondering what the councilors are trying to hide.The restrictions on the way residents would be able to view the broadcast, including the number of times it is re-aired, Council President Tim Phelan’s ability to use a kill switch at any point to censor the meeting and numerous other limitations have left Ken Kinna, executive director of Lynn Cable Access and Media (LynnCAM), confused.While Kinna said he wants to make sure the City Council is happy and comfortable with the tapings, he also thinks some of the requirements are a bit silly.”It’s good that this issue is moving forward, but I hope that once this gets going, they will let their guard down and re-examine some of the stipulations,” he said. “My first instinct is, what’s the big deal? It sounds like this is all new to them, but we also don’t want to ruffle any feathers either.”There are currently no stipulations in place for taped meetings in the neighboring communities of Saugus, Lynnfield, Peabody, Swampscott or Nahant.While Revere City Clerk John Henry said his city has had televised council meetings for nearly 40 years, the only restriction in place is that the cameraman is required to keep the camera specifically on the individual speaking and to not pan the crowd for the reaction of other councilors or the crowd.According to Saugus Town Counsel John Vasapolli, the Board of Selectmen, School Committee and Charter Commission meetings are re-aired at least twice after the original broadcast, while Swampscott Town Administrator Andrew Maylor said the meetings are re-aired three times a day for a week or more.Nahant broadcasts its meetings live and they are not re-broadcast at a later date.Kinna said it wouldn’t make sense to only re-air the meeting once, because of the fact that LynnCAM has a specific channel (16) that could be devoted primarily to government access.”Other communities have the meetings on demand so people can replay the meeting as many times as they want,” he said. “Ultimately, this should be up to the people if they want to have it on 20 times a day because they (city council) represent the people.”One specific stipulation that surprised Kinna was the responsibility of LynnCAM to assume all electrical costs on a monthly basis, or the installation of separate electrical meters to monitor usage during tapings.”I think the community already pays for the city electricity bill, and we are citizens here, so it sounds like they’re acting as if we have a different interest in the community, but we are part of the community,” he said. “I certainly think our having to pay for the electricity we use when taping meetings would be a hurdle.”Regardless of the lengthy list of requirements, Kinna said he thinks the council’s approval of the tapings is just the first step in a long list of meetings.”We have to come up with a final price, finalize an agreement and make it happen so that it is reasonable and doable,” he said.