There is hereby created the Cable Access Committee
of Nutley (CACON).
The functions of CACON shall be to:
A. Inventory, catalogue and make available on a regular
basis the public access programming capabilities of the Township of
Nutley, the educational systems within the municipality and other
relevant entities.
B. Advertise and otherwise inform the public on a regular
basis of the public access programming capabilities of the Township
of Nutley, the educational systems and other relevant entities.
C. Promote local public access programming within the
entire community, including but not limited to all activities of all
departments of local government, the public library, the academic
and extracurricular activities of the school systems, including high
school, junior high school, grammar schools and nonpublic schools,
and cultural and holiday events of a general interest to the community
at large.
D. Inventory, catalogue and make available the names,
addresses and telephone numbers and affiliations of every individual
nonprofit corporation, educational group or other community-based
entity interested in utilizing the public access programming capabilities
of the municipality.
E. Create a methodology to be utilized in placing programming
onto the municipality's local public access channel, quality control,
approving and disapproving of programming and prioritizing and scheduling
programming.
F. Educate representatives of interested community-based
entities and individuals regarding the process of creating programming
and placing programming onto the municipality's local public access
channel.
G. Encourage and foster curriculum development within
the school systems and volunteer efforts by members of the community,
students, faculty and any professionals in the area of cable programming.
H. Promote and encourage the development of fee-generating
programming to the extent permitted under the law for the sole purpose
of meeting the expenses of programming and making the cable programming
efforts within the municipality self-sufficient.
I. Report to the Board of Commissioners of the Township
of Nutley on a semiannual basis, said reports to be due no later than
September 1 and March 1 of each and every year. The reports shall
include a detailed explanation of the Committee's efforts to fulfill
its functions as set forth herein, a list of all persons or other
entities, together with addresses and phone numbers, involved in any
way in the programming efforts of the municipality and inventory of
all property utilized in the programming efforts of the municipality,
and its whereabouts, an income and expense statement detailing the
expenses of programming, any fees generated thereby and any other
matters which may be requested by the Board of Commissioners.
J. Such other functions that may be necessary to carry
out and give effect to the functions more fully set forth herein.
CACON shall consist of nine members as follows:
A. The Mayor or his/her designee.
B. A member of the governing body appointed by the governing
body.
C. The Director of the Nutley Library.
D. A member of the faculty of Nutley High School who
is also designated as an educational media specialist, appointed by
the Nutley High School administrator having direct supervisory responsibility
over the library-media center at Nutley High School.
E. A member of the student body of Nutley High School
appointed by the joint decision of those faculty members of Nutley
High School who are also designated as educational media specialists.
F. The Superintendent of Schools of Nutley or his/her
designee.
G. The President of the Nutley Board of Education.
H. A citizen of Nutley who is also a parent of any grammar
school student appointed by the governing body.
I. Another citizen of Nutley as appointed by the governing
body.
The term of office of the nine members shall
be as follows:
A. The term of office for the Mayor or designee, the
Superintendent of Schools or designee, the President of the Nutley
Board of Education and the Library Director shall correspond to the
term of office, except that in the case of a designee, he/she shall
serve at the will of the Mayor or Superintendent, as the case may
be.
B. The term of office for the member of the governing
body shall be for three years or terminate at the completion of their
term of office, whichever comes first.
C. The term of office for a member of the faculty of
Nutley High School shall be for one year for the first term and for
two years thereafter, commencing on May 1 and terminating on April
30 of the subsequent year.
D. The term of office for a member of the student body
of the high school and for the parent of a grammar school student
shall be for one year, commencing on May 1 and terminating April 30
of the subsequent year.
E. The term of office for another citizen of Nutley shall
be for one year.
CACON shall be and is empowered to create such
committees and subcommittees and it shall deem appropriate to it in
carrying out the functions established herein, provided that they
are answerable directly to the Cable Access Committee established
herein.