(A) There is hereby established the Community Television Access Board (hereinafter “the Board”), whose principal duties and responsibilities shall include the administration, regulation, implementation, and utilization of the local cable television community access channel as originally provided for by Fleming Cable Vision, Inc., pursuant to Ordinance 5-85-1, and as subsequently amended by the city, and as assumed by successor providers.
(B) The Board shall be empowered to establish, promulgate, and implement any and all rules and regulations necessary for the organization of the Board and for the administration of the cable television access channel; subject to all applicable local, state, and federal laws. Funds of the Board shall be maintained in an account at any bank located within the city limits of the city, as selected by the Board.
(C) The Board shall be concerned only with matters involving the Community Access Channel and shall have no other authority to regulate or decide any other matter involving cable television.
(D) The Board shall meet as required to properly conduct its business and responsibilities, and shall meet not less than once each quarter throughout the year.
(E) The Board, by and through its designated member, shall report to the Mayor and the City Council, at any Council’s regular monthly meeting, at least once each quarter, on matters involving community access television.
(F) The City Council shall provide to the Board sufficient funds, out of the cable television franchise fee (but not more than the total of the fee), for the general operation and maintenance of the community access television system. The City Council may provide additional funding to the Board as an extraordinary measure from city general funds, if available, and if approved in advance by the full City Council.
(G) If any matter subject to the Board’s authority results in an impasse or in situations where certain matters evoke questions beyond the scope of the Board’s authority, then such matters shall be presented to the Mayor for presentation and ultimate resolution by the full City Council.
(H) Any person(s) or entity aggrieved by a decision of the Board shall be permitted to appeal to the Mayor in writing within ten days of the decision stating the basis for the appeal; the Mayor shall then appoint at random a three-member review panel composed of City Council members (excluding the member of this Board), and the review panel shall conduct a hearing on the appeal and from the record make its decision.
(Ord. 8-86-1, passed 8-4-86; Am. Ord. 3-10-1, passed 3-8-10)