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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda Item No. q- f ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: May 19, 1998 SUBJECT: Telecasting County Commissioners Meetings DEPARTMENT: Manager's Office PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) , BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/N) ~~> ATTACHMENT(S): Proposals: Cable TV Committee :Report INFORMATION CONTACT: Albert T. Kittrell, Assistant County Manager TELEPHONE NUMBERS: - -ext. 2300 Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 227-2031 PURPOSE: To consider retaining anaudio-visual design consultant to design County facilities for telecasting County Commissioners Meetings; and review the cost ranges for telecasting equipment. BACKGROUND: At the December 1997 Commissioners' Goal Setting Retreat, staff was encouraged to research the possible options for telecasting County Commissioners' Meetings in the fall of 1998. During the March, April, and May 1998 Cable TV Citizen Advisory Committee Meetings, telecasting BOCC Meetings was discussed. At the April meeting, the dialogue included representatives from the People's Channel, a local nonprofit organization that will provide public access television programming for the Town of Chapel Hill. The attached report from the Cable TV Committee explores the possible options for telecasting Commissioners' Meetings. Tyler Miller-Johnson, UNC Communication/Technology Studies and Cable TV Committee Member, will present the report. Bob Sepe, Triangle J Council of Governments Cable TV Consultant, will be available to respond to questions. The County's Cable TV Franchise Agreement with Time Warner is currently being negotiated, along with other local governments in the region, under the direction of the Triangle J Council of Governments Cable TV Consortium. The regional process was relatively successful the past year and it is anticipated a regional franchise agreement covering 16 local governments will be finalized in late summer 1998. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board retain the services of an audio- visual design consultant to design county facilities for telecasting County Commissioners' Meetings.