HomeMy Public PortalAbout015-2015 - WCTV - Franchise Revenue FeesBOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY
CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA
RESOLUTION NO. 15 -2015
A RESOLUTION RECONFIRMING THE COMMITMENT TO WCTV IN CONNECTION
WITH CABLE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT REVENUE FEES
WHEREAS, Cable franchise fees are currently regulated by the Indiana Utility Regulatory
Commission (hereinafter "IURC ") and state statute provides how franchise fees
are paid quarterly to municipal units; and
WHEREAS, On December 5, 1991, the City of Richmond, Indiana (hereinafter "City "), by and
through its Board of Public Works and Safety, entered into a certain Cable
Franchise Agreement with TCI of Indiana, Inc. (hereinafter "Cable Franchise
Agreement "), in connection with the grant of a franchise for the installation and
operation of television cable systems within the City; and
WHEREAS, Pursuant to said Cable Franchise Agreement, the City agreed to dedicate a total of
forty percent (40 %) of its annual franchise fee revenue to help support Public,
Educational, and Governmental (hereinafter "PEG") access operations; and
WHEREAS, On August 4, 1997, the Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana,
passed Resolution Number 9 -1997 to recognize and designate Whitewater
Community Television (hereinafter "WCTV") as the PEG access facility for the
City and WCTV continues to be the only entity capable of providing such
services for the City; and
WHEREAS, As the result of WCTV's above - described designation by the Richmond Common
Council as the PEG access facility for the City, and notwithstanding any
preemption of franchise fee regulation by the IURC, the City has had an ongoing
commitment to WCTV to pass on forty percent (40 %) of said revenue funds to
WCTV in order that WCTV is able to manage and control the PEG access facility
(which duties include, but are not limited to, the planning and development of
programming, operation, and maintenance of the access facility); and
WHEREAS, It is in the best interest of the City of Richmond, Indiana, that the Board of Public
Works and Safety continues to recognize the valuable service provided to the
Richmond Community by WCTV as the City's authorized and designated PEG
access facility by reaffirming the City's commitment to WCTV to provide and
pass on to WCTV forty percent (40 %) the PEG access annual franchise fee
revenue as earmarked and set out in the Cable Franchise Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of
Richmond, Indiana, that said Board hereby continues to recognize the valuable service provided to
the Richmond Community by WCTV as the City's authorized and designated PEG access facility by
reaffirming the City's commitment to WCTV to provide WCTV with the forty percent (40 %) of the
PEG access annual franchise fee revenue as earmarked and set out in the Cable Franchise
Agreement.
Passed and adopted this lr� day of July, 2015, by the Board of Public Works & Safety of the City
of Richmond, Indiana.
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Vicki Robinson, President
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--Tj,g Richara Foore. Member
fAPPROVED: "
Sarah L. Hutton, Mayor
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