11/09/26 FairTV Commission

The FairTV Commission met on November 9, 2026. It approved, as amended, the September 30 special-meeting minutes. The commission also approved submitting its FY2028 budget by the November 13 deadline. The proposal includes a 6% across-the-board staff raise; the overall budget increase was described as under 4%, with labor costs increasing by about $1,000. The transcript does not provide a clearly reliable total budget figure.

The commission discussed spending approximately $22,000 in remaining Cable Advisory Council (CAC) funds, which are outside the operating budget, on equipment and office needs. Proposed purchases include three Lenovo ThinkPad laptops quoted at about $10,000, four chairs, a label maker, and backup cameras. Members agreed to proceed with the purchases; staff planned to send the quotes and purchase information to the town for processing. No formal vote on the CAC purchases is audible in the transcript. The commission also discussed two $2,500 Howard Jacobson scholarships for students pursuing communications or media-related studies; no award decision was made at this meeting.