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BOOK 88 F.,A"E Televising the Weekly Commission Meeting Representatives from Treasure Coast Television (the company that televises the City of Vero Beach council meetings) and Coastal Video Productions have indicated that their companies would be extremely interested in televising the weekly commission meetings and any other county sponsored meetings here in the County Administration building or in any other county facility. After speaking with the representatives and showing them the Commission Chambers, a listing of each party's responsibilities was made: County: 1) Run an audio line from the county's sound system through the ceiling to the rear of the chambers. 2) Provide a three -prong electrical receptacle in the rear of the chambers. 3) Provide extra track lighting .on the ceiling aimed toward the dies. 4) Since cable television is already jpside the County Administration building, run a cable line to the ream of the chambers. 5) Remove the row of ten seats fro)n the rear of the chambers to accommodate the control console, two cameras, three workers, and assorted wiring. All of the five Items indicated above are one-time costs and can be accomplished in-house by Buildings and Grounds staff for about $500. Video Production Company: 1) Set up their equipment and conduct testing either on late Monday afternoons or early Tuesday mornings preceding the 9:00 a.m. Commission meeting and break down their equipment immediately after the meeting. 2) . Provide two cameras, two cameramen, one console, and one director. 3) Provide two video tape copies of each meeting with one copy going to Falcon Cable and the other copy going to TCI Cable for rebroadcast. The copy going to TCI Cable will eventually be returned to the County for archival purposes. It would be the county's responsibility to deliver the tapes to both cable companies. All of the three items indicated above would cost around $300 per hour subject to competitive quotes from the two video production companies that I found to be interested in this type of production. Assuming a two hour commission meeting and two rebroadcasts every week, the weekly production costs would be $600 plus $200 for rebroadcasting ($50 per rebroadcast x two franchise areas) for a total of $800 per week or $38,400 per year. This figure will of course increase if commission workshops or budget hearings are televised. The Cities of Vero Beach and Sebastian and the county would have to work out a schedule for rebroadcasting all of the government meetings in the two franchise areas. Currently, the City of Vero Beach rebroadcasts their council meetings on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at noon for 24 hours. The City of Sebastian rebroadcasts (audio only) their council meetings on the first, second, and fourth Fridays of each month at 9:00 a.m. If the county wants to put the entire agenda the meeting, an additional $25 per meeting or competitive quotes would be imposed because video production companies suggested just channel stating the time of the meeting and picked up. 30 on the cable access channel before $1,200 per year charge subject to it is very labor intensive. Both a brief narrative be put on the where an agenda may be seen or