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TO Mayor Kate Supron and Village Trustees
Village of Cayuga Heights
836 Hanshaw Road, Ithaca, NY 14850
FROM: Wies van Leuken, Village of Cayuga Heights Representative
Cable Access Oversight Committee (AOC)
1105 Highland Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, <pmv4@cornell.edu>, 257-3156
DATE May 30, 2015
RE: 2016 PEGASYS Budget Recommendations from Access Oversight Committee (AOC)
Attached to this letter, please find the Resolution of the Access Oversight Committee of May 4, 2015
with recommendations for the 2016 Budget for Public, Educational and Governmental Access
operations ("PEGASYS" or “PEG” operations). Also attached to this Email is a statement of annual
PEG Fee collections and expenditures to show the estimated balance we have av ailable for this
Budget.
As you know, the City of Ithaca's Franchise Agreement with Time Warner Cable (TWC) requires that
the three participating municipalities (The City of Ithaca, the Town of Ithaca and the Village of Cayuga
Heights) (“The Municipalities") approve a budget for equipment and facilities every year by June 30th
while the Agreement is in effect. This Budget is funded with the PEG Fees ($ 0.15/subscriber/month)
that are charged to TWC Subscribers in the Municipalities. These Fees go directly from the Subscriber
to TWC where they stay until the approved purchases are made. The AOC drafts a budget for these
purchases and submits it to the Municipalities for review and approval. This allows subscribers, through
their elected representatives, a say in what happens to their PEG Fees. Municipal approvals are
entered into the minutes of the AOC’s July meeting and submitted to TWC by the respective AOC
representatives.
The attached Budget is a placeholder budget that will allow the AOC to replace equipment during the
upcoming year as needed. It addresses the current equipment needs of Community, Government and
Educational Access. Every year the AOC requests proposals from local educational institutions for
equipment they need to show their programming on the educational channel. The same is done for
governmental entities that use the government channel to cablecast their meetings and events. No
proposals were brought before the AOC that were ready to be incorporated in this Budget.
Please let me know if you need further information. The Village's resolution is due at the AOC no later
than June 30, 2015. It can be Emailed to me at <pmv4@cornell.edu>. I will attend the Village Board
Meeting of June 15, 2015 to answer questions and hear your comments.
Attachments (2)
Cc. Access Oversight Committee
Joan Mangione, Village Clerk
Angela Podufalski, Deputy Village Clerk
Resolution
Access Oversight Committee (AOC)
Monday, May 4, 2015
AOC Recommendations for 2016 Budget
WHEREAS, Section 15.12 of the Franchise Agreement between the City of Ithaca
and Time Warner Entertainment-Advance/Newhouse Partnership (TWC) of January
2003 requires the participating municipalities (City of Ithaca, Town of Ithaca, Village
of Cayuga Heights) to provide TWC with an annual budget for Public, Educational
and Governmental access operations by June 30 of each calendar year, and
WHEREAS, the City of Ithaca's Ordinance #2003-17, Par 18-4-G, requires the
Access Oversight Committee (AOC) to provide the Participating Municipalities with a
recommended annual budget by May 31 of each calendar year; now therefore be it
RESOLVED, that the AOC accepted the attached budget for 2016 in the amount of
$12,500.00 at their regular meeting of May 4, 2015, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the AOC forwards its recommendations for
approval by the Common Council of the City of Ithaca, the Town of Ithaca Board and
the Village of Cayuga Heights Board of Trustees, so that they may meet their
obligation to provide TWC with an annual budget for Public, Educational and
Governmental access operations, which budget is due June 30 of each calendar
year.
Approved unanimously
Budget for 2016
Budget $12,500.00
Description: The PEGASYS studio has a great deal of equipment that is 11–18
years old, and will need replacement as it fails. This might include studio cameras
[$10,000 each], camera cabling [$2,000 each], the studio special effects
generator/video switcher [$30,000), the studio audio system ($5,000), and any other
equipment and associated items that the Access Oversight Committee deems
necessary for the proper functioning of the PEGASYS Studio.
TOTAL $12,500.00