HomeMy WebLinkAboutRE 2011 PEGASYS BudgetCable Access Oversight Committee.PDFTO Mayor Kate Supron, Village Trusteps and Clerk
Village of Cayuga Heights
836 Hanshaw Road, lthaca, Ny 148b0
FROM: wies van Leuken, village of cayuga Heights Representative
Cable Access Oversight Committee
1 105 Highland Road, lthaca, Ny 14800
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RE:
May 16, 2010
2011 PEGASYS BudgeUCable AcOess Oversight Committee
Attached please find the Resolution of the Cdble Access Oversight Committee of
May 11,2010 with recommendations for the ?011 pEGASys cipitat Budget.
Also enclosed for reference is the 1115109 Vilfage Resolution approving last
year's budget.
As you probably know, the City of lthaca's Fr4nchise Agreement with Time Warner
Cable requires that the three participating municipalities (The City of lthaca, the
Town of lthaca and the Village of Cayuga Hei$hts) submit a capital budget for public,
educational and governmental access operatfons ("PEGASYS") every year by the
end of June for the next fiscalyear.
Th_e capital budget is funded through the $.15/subscriber/month fee that is charged
to TWG subscribers in the participating comriunities. This "PEG Fee" goes direifly
from the subscriber to TWC where it stays unfil the capital purchases are made. The
AOC drafts a budget for these purchases and submits it to the Municipalities for
review and approval. The Municipalities forwNrd their decisions to TWC. This
process allows subscribers, through their eledted representatives, to have a say in
what happens to their PEG Fees.
The budget before you addresses the current equipment needs of community,
government and educational access. Every ypar we solicit proposals from the local
schools for equipment they need to show theii programming on the educational
channel. We do the same for governmental entities that use the government
channelto cablecast their meetings and events. Although no proposals were
brought before the committee that were sufficlently developed to be included as line
items in this budget, some are likely to becofie fundable soon and to that end we
earmarked $3,000.00.
Please let me know if you need further informption from me. The Village's resolution
is due at Time Warner Cable no later than Jurhe 40, 2010.
Attachments (3)
Cc. Access Oversight Committee
SAMPLE
Resolution approved at the Meeting of the Board, of rrastees, village of cayaga
Heights, Jane 15,2009
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Move to pass Resolution 6490 adopting the 20+0 PEG Access Studio Capital Budget
Whereas the Franchise Agreement between Time Warner Entertainment and the Village of
Cayuga Heights authorizes Time Warner Entertairlment to collect $0.15 per subscribeiper
month to be used for the purchase of equipment for the pEG Access Studio; and
Whereas the total capital budget for the life of the fen-year agreement was estimated to be
$200,000;
Whereas the Franchise Agreement outlines the creption of an Access Oversight Committee
which shall be responsible for approving the timing, use and amount of PEG access
equipment acquired each year over the term of the agreement; and
W'hereas the Access oversight Committee has appfov
"u u€;rlcapital budget in the
amount of -$19*8O0; and
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Whereas the Franchise Agreement states that partipipating municipalities, including the
Village of Cayuga Heights, must adopt the annual FEG Access Studio budget by June 30
of the preceding year; now therefore be it
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R.esolved that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cayuga Heights adopts the S1:ftpEG
Access studio budget as approved by the Access Qversight committee.
2011 PEGASYS Capital Budget
A_pproved by the Access Oversight Gommiftee (AOG)
May {1,201A
Replace Studio Special Effects Generator g14,000.00
Replace Ross studio speciar effects generator with Indigo AV Mixer
Contingency Fund $10,000.00Description: The PEGASYS studio has a greQt deal of equipment that is g-15
years old, and will need replacement as it fail$. ln addition, many lower-priced
items like cables or headphones receive hard use and need repiacement muchmore frequently. Which items will fail is impossible to predict a year in advance.
Internet Service $i,500.00Add a wireless LAN system available to prod{cers with their own laptops and thePEGASYS editing laptop computers anywherp within the PEGASyS building.
This would include both equipment hook-up and a monthly service fee that would
be on-going.
Ed ucational/Govern mental Access
To be determined based on E/G user requestb to the AOC.
$3,000.00
Total $28,500.00
Resolution
Access Oversight Gommittee
Tuesday, May 11,2010
year.
Approved unanimously
Approval of Fy 20rl1 Budget
wHEREAS, section 1s.12 of the Franchise ftgreement between the city of
Ith aca a nd Time Warner E ntertain ment-Advafrle/Newhouse parlnersh ip (TWC)of January 2003 requires the participating mrinicipalities (City of tthaca, Town ofIthaca, Village of cayuga Heights) to provide TWc with an annual budget forpublic, educational and governmental access operations by June 30 of-eachcalendar year, and
WHEREAS, the city of lthaca's ordinance #loo3-17 , par 1g-4-G, requires theAccess Oversight Committee (AOC) to provide the participating municipalitieswith a recommended annual budget by May Ct of each calendlr year, now be it
RESOLVED, that the {OC accepted the attaQhed capital budget for Fiscal year
2011 in the amount of $28,500.00 at their reg;rlar meeting of iltay 11,2010, and
BE lT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the AOC forwards their recommendations forapproval by the Common Council of the City of lthaca, the Supervisor of theTown of lthaca and t!: Mayor of cayuga Heigtrts so that they may meet theirobligation to provide TWC with an annual bud-get for public, eOucitional andgovernmental access operation, which budgei is due June 30 of each calendar