There is hereby established a program for the recording (video
and audio), production, editing, live broadcast, re-broadcast and
Internet streaming of the Town of Fairfield public, education and
government meetings. The program shall provide the residents of the
Town of Fairfield the ability to view government and education meetings
as prescribed herein.
The FairTV Commission shall have the responsibility and shall
oversee the implementation of this chapter.
FairTV shall record, broadcast, re-broadcast and Internet-stream,
gavel-to-gavel, regularly scheduled meetings of the Town of Fairfield's:
A. Representative Town Meeting.
E. Town Plan and Zoning Commission.
The FairTV Commission may authorize additional coverage of Fairfield
Town government and the Fairfield public schools, herein defined as
gavel-to gavel meetings of Town bodies not part of the primary content
schedule, and events related to Town government or the public schools,
such as ceremonies, nonpartisan public meetings, parades and athletic
competitions.
The primary content shall be completely assigned, scheduled
and appropriately funded prior to the authorization of any secondary
content coverage. The Commission shall not authorize the production
of any other content or accept outside-produced content for broadcast.
Coverage of special meetings of primary content government and
educational activities shall be at the discretion of the FairTV Commission,
provided that primary content coverage shall not be affected.
The FairTV Commission shall provide for the immediate broadcast
and release of emergency bulletins properly decreed by the Public
Safety authorities of the Town of Fairfield through prior mutual agreement
with those authorities. These bulletins are to be in written form
in order to be delivered over the system's broadcast emergency
subchannels.
The Commission shall develop criteria for all contracts and/or
agreements for professional services in furtherance of the purposes
for which the Commission was created, including for the delivery of
services it requires, in consultation with the Town Human Resources
Department and/or the Town Purchasing Department.
The purpose of the FairTV Commission shall be to oversee the
FairTV Broadcast System. The system includes FairTV Education, FairTV
Government and FairTV on Demand.
A. The Commission shall adopt policies and procedures that shall:
(1) Provide for efficient, cost effective broadcast operations.
(2) Deliver broadcast content of the legislative, educational, executive,
financial and land use meetings of the Town of Fairfield.
(3) Regulate broadcast system operations and standards within the limits
of §§ 74-3 to 74-8.
(4) Acquire, provide and maintain equipment necessary for the timely
execution of the Commission's duties.
B. The Commission shall be responsible for the custodial oversight of
all such equipment and shall adopt policies for the proper preservation
and care of such equipment.
C. Members shall serve as the Town of Fairfield and the Fairfield Board
of Education representatives to the Cable Advisory Council of Area
2 (CAC2).