[Editor's Note: Prior ordinance history includes
portions of Ordinance No. 95-2.]
[Ord. No. 2006-05]
This agreement is established between the Township of Princeton
and the Borough of Princeton in order to jointly provide cable television
related services to the citizens of the two municipalities.
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(a)
There shall be established a "Joint Princeton Cable Television Committee,"
the duties and powers of which shall be as herein stated. The committee
shall consist of 12 members, including residents of the municipalities,
five representing the borough and five representing the township ("citizen
representatives"). The governing body of each municipality shall appoint
the citizen representatives. The township citizen representatives
shall be appointed by a majority vote of the township committee and
the borough citizen representatives shall be appointed by the mayor
upon the advice and consent of borough council.
(b)
There shall also be one representative from the governing body of
each municipality to serve as a liaison between the committee and
the respective governing bodies ("liaison representatives"). The liaisons
shall be full members of the committee and be appointed as above in
the same manner as the citizen representatives. The mayors of either
municipality may serve as the liaison representatives.
(c)
Of the five citizen representatives from each municipality, one shall
initially be appointed for one year, two shall be initially be appointed
for two years and two shall be appointed for three years. Thereafter,
each appointment shall be for a term of three years.
(d)
The liaison representatives from each municipality shall be appointed
annually by the governing bodies and serve one-year terms.
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(a)
The committee shall meet as a committee of the whole on the second
Wednesday in January, or as soon thereafter as practicable, and at
that time select a chair. The chair shall serve for one year and shall
be eligible to be reappointed each year.
(b)
The chair shall have the power to call meetings, appoint subcommittees
and make such routine administrative decisions as are necessary when
it would be impractical for the committee, or a subcommittee thereof,
to meet.
(c)
All committee meetings shall be subject to the Open Public Meetings
Act, N.J.S.A. 10:4-6 et seq.
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(a)
The committee shall annually select from among its members one person
to serve as an appointed trustee on the board of trustees of the nonprofit
corporation known as Princeton Community Television. The member shall
be chosen by a majority vote of all members. The appointed trustee
shall serve for one year and may be reappointed at the discretion
of the committee.
(b)
The Borough of Princeton and Township of Princeton shall enter into
an annual contract with the board of trustees which will specify the
expenditure of any franchise or public funds. The board of trustees
will present an annual audit to the committee and the governing bodies
of both the borough and the township.
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There shall be at least two subcommittees of the committee,
including:
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(a)
The public access network subcommittee shall meet at least two times
each year with the Board of the Princeton Community Television to
review the operations of the public access channel (currently TV30).
It shall monitor the performance and expansion of the municipal institutional
network. As appropriate, it shall seek to encourage coordination and
cooperation among the community's six PEG stations (currently
channels 25-30) regarding matters of mutual interest, such as, but
not limited to, the broadcasting of emergency messages and public
service announcements.
(b)
The cable franchise subcommittee shall meet at least three times
each year with the cable company, in accordance with the franchise
agreement. The committee shall make recommendations to the borough
and the township regarding continuation of the franchise, survey residents
when appropriate and hear complaints from residents regarding the
service offered by the franchise.
(c)
The cable committee may appoint any other subcommittee as the need
arises.
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Any disputes shall be resolved by the majority vote of a quorum
of the committee. If a dispute prevents the committee from performing
its authorized functions, said dispute shall be resolved by majority
vote of a group consisting of the two governing body liaison representatives
and the cable committee chair.
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This agreement shall be in force until October 13, 2014, the
date of the expiration of the cable television franchise agreement.
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This agreement shall be enacted upon passage of an enabling
ordinance by the governing bodies of the borough and of the township.
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If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this
act shall be adjudged to be invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction,
such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder
therefor, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence,
section or part thereof, directly involved in the controversy in which
such judgment shall have rendered.
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All ordinances or sections thereof in conflict with this chapter
are hereby repealed.
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This chapter shall take effect upon its final passage and publication
as provided by law, or upon the final adoption of the similar ordinance
by the Township of Princeton, whichever is later.
