FY 24-26 ADOPTED BUDGET

Cable Services

010.5140

Division Description The Cable Services Division supports cable television customer service in Morgan Hill, administers the property use agreements held by cellular providers on City property, and responds to queries from the public on a variety of telecommunications issues. The Division continues to ensure Public, Educational, and Government Channels (PEG) funding is utilized appropriately. Since there is no longer a public access or educational channel provided, this funding solely supports the Government Access channel at this time.

FY 2022 - 23 and 2023 - 24 Accomplishments • Supported provision of the City ’ s Government Access Channel.

FY 2024 - 25 and 2025 - 26 Activity Goals • Assist customers in obtaining customer service from Charter Cable and Frontier as needed. • Monitor changes in the telecommunications regulatory arena and access services. Financial Comments Payments for PEG television support received from Charter Cable of approximately $60,000 annually will be dedicated for government access television purposes and will contribute to capital equipment and lease fees associated with the cablecasting of City programming. This includes funding a portion of the lease payment for a portion of the City ’ s fiber lease associated with cable casting the government channel and a $10,000 fund transfer to the capital replacement fund for cable casting equipment replacement.

292 INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS/MISCELLANEOUS PROGRAMS