[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Lockport 12-1-1976
as L.L. No. 3-1976. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As authorized by the provisions of the Municipal Home Rule Law, § 20,
Subdivision 10, of the General City Law is hereby amended by adding the provisions
of this chapter hereinafter set forth.
The Common Council of the City of Lockport does hereby delegate its
authority and power to award a cable television franchise under the applicable
provisions of the Executive Law and regulations of the New York State Commission
on Cable Television to a body hereby created and denominated the "Lockport
Community Cable Commission."
The Lockport Community Cable Commission hereby created jointly by the
local governing bodies of the City and Town of Lockport shall hereafter exercise
all the authority and powers of such governing bodies with respect to the
awarding and regulation of a cable television franchise for such municipalities.
Such authority and powers shall include, but not necessarily be limited to,
all the substantive and procedural requirements heretofore and hereafter promulgated
by the New York State Commission on Cable Television.
Such Lockport Community Cable Commission shall consist of seven members,
three of whom shall be appointed for staggered terms of one or three years
by the Common Council of the City of Lockport, three of whom shall be appointed
for like terms by the Town Board of the Town of Lockport and the seventh of
which shall be designated as Chairman and shall be selected by the chief executive
officer of each municipality. Such Chairmanship shall be for a term of three
years. Two of said members shall consist of a member from the Town Board and
a member of the Common Council, who shall serve during their respective terms
in office. In the event that the chief executive officers cannot agree within
30 days of the commencement or expiration of the term of Chairman, the remaining
six members shall select such Chairman, subject to the confirmation and consent
of each governing body.
