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SUBJECT CONTRACTS WITH FORT WORTH INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TARRANT COUNTY
I JUNIOR COLLEGE FOR MANAGEMENT OF CABLE CHANNEL 50 AND 11
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council authorize the City Manager to execute the
attached contracts with Fort Worth Independent School District and Tarrant County
Junior College for management of Cable Channel 50 and 11, respectively.
DISCUSSION:
On March 1, 1990, the City of Fort Worth and the Fort Worth Independent School District
entered into a contract for the school district to manage the educational programming
on Cable Channel 50 by participants. The City paid Fort Worth ISO $10,000 from the
Cable Trust Fund 72, funded by the monthly Sammons subscriber charge. The school
district has managed the channel on an informal basis since the start of the franchise
in 1981. The attached contract is a renewal of the original contract at the same rate
of $10,000.
Since 1982, Tarrant County Junior College has offered college classes for credit on the
Sammons cable system and currently is the only secondary educational institution
utilizing Cable Channel 11. To formally recognize the management of the channel , the
City and Tarrant County have agreed to a management contract at a $1 a year fee.
FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATION:
The Director of Fiscal Services certifies that funds for the proposed contracts are
available in the current budget of the Special Trust Fund.
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Submitted for City Manage"s I i ACCOUNT 1 CENTER -AMOUNT E TY SECRETARY
Office by: N.
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