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i <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. X-$ <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: August 23, 1994 <br /> SUBJECT: Cablecasting of Commissioners Meetings <br /> -------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING YES: NO: X <br /> -------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Albert Kittrell <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER- <br /> Hillsborough -732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill -968-4501 <br /> Mebane -227-2031 <br /> Durham -688-7331 <br /> -------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> PURPOSE: <br /> To receive a report on Cablecasting of Commissioners Meetings. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> At the June 28th Board Meeting staff was requested to review the <br /> options for cablecasting Board of Commissioners' Regular Meetings. <br /> The Board suggested exploring the possibilities of using the Town of <br /> Chapel Hill Council Meeting Room for cablecasting. The Town of <br /> Chapel Hill Meeting Room is available the third Wednesday of each <br /> month. The cost would be $185 monthly. <br /> The long-term option would be a meeting room in a County building <br /> outfitted for cablecasting. The courtrooms in the New and Old <br /> Courthouses are the only County buildings with meeting rooms large <br /> enough for regular Commissioners' Meetings. Both courtrooms are <br /> inappropriate for cablecasting because of poor lighting and <br /> acoustics. The new Southern Human Services Building in Chapel <br /> Hill and the proposed new courtroom in Hillsborough are the most <br /> appropriate buildings for cablecasting of Commissioners' Meetings. <br /> Although the buildings do not have "cablecasting" included in the <br /> designed features, plans could be revised to accommodate equipment, <br /> proper lighting and acoustics. The costs associated with this <br /> project is contingent on the level of cablecasting desired and <br /> participation by cable companies. The following is the cablecasting <br /> arrangements at local governments in Durham and orange Counties: <br /> - Chapel Hill has been cablecasting Council meetings since the <br /> 19989-90 Fiscal Year. The Town purchased video and audio <br /> equipment at an approximate cost of $80, 000. Two contract <br /> personnel are paid approximately $7,400 (40 meetings x $185) <br /> annually to operate three robo cams (three stationary cameras <br /> attached to the wall) from a control room adjacent to the <br />