HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 181-99 181-99
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION DETERMINING THE POLICY
OF THE CITY COUNCIL CONCERNING
TELEVISED CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
WHEREAS, the City Council for the City of Bakersfield desires to televise its City
Council meetings; and
WHEREAS, the City Council for the City of Bakersfield desires that such televised
meetings shall be through the Kern Government Channel and in accordance with a written
policy agreed to between the City Council of the City of Bakersfield and the Kern
Government Channel.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the City of Bakersfield
as follows:
That the policy of the City Council of the City of Bakersfield for televised City
Council meetings shall be in accordance with Exhibit "A" attached hereto and
incorporated herein and entitled "Kern Government Channel Programming
Polices With the Bakersfield City Council."
That the attached policy shall remain in full force and effect until an
affirmative vote of the majority of the members of the City Council desire to
change such policy. For purposes of this Council policy, a majority shall be
deemed to be a majority of those members constituting a quorum at the
meeting where the policy is being considered by the legislative body.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted by the
Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on
DEC 1 5 1999 , by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEMBER CARSON, DEMOND, MAGGARD, COUCH, ROWLES, SULLIVAN, SALVAGGIO
COUNCILMEMBER I~ O 1,4 ~,
COUNCILMEMBER I-J ~3f~3~_
COUNCILMEMBER ~t3 ~'
APPROVED
I3EC 15 1999
CITY CLERK and Ex Offic~Clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
By
B~B PlaICE
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
BART J. THILTGF~I
City Attorn,ey" ,/' ~..
~GINI~NARO
Deputy City Afforney
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KERN GOVERNMENT CHANNEL
PROGRAMMING POLICIES
WITH THE BAKERSFIELD CITY COUNCIL
OBJECTIVES
KGOV objectives are to distribute a variety of information about city government, its
programs and services, and issues of broad community interest. Specific objectives
include:
Expanding citizen awareness of city government and its decision-making processes
by airing live and taped versions of Bakersfield City Council meetings.
Providing information about programs and services offered by city departments
agencies, boards and commissions.
Providing and distributing programming of interest to the public that will inform,
educate and enlighten, as well as encourage participation in government services,
activities and decision making.
Function as a primary means of addressing the public and disseminating
information during disasters and major emergencies.
USE POLICIES
KGOV is intended to provide information about local government. Requests to air
programming from city departments, commissions or agencies should be directed
in writing to the KGOV Station Manager.
KGOV will charge for air time based on the actual cost of operation including staff
expense, station maintenance and equipment replacement allowance. All charges
will be disclosed in advance, prior to airing programming.
PROGRAMMING REVIEW
Programming submitted from eligible applicants for airing on KGOV will be evaluated to
determine if the proposed programming is:
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Of a governmental nature
Of city-wide interest
Of broadcast quality
Within acceptable community standards
Within the KGOV programming content guidelines
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PROGRAMMING RESTRICTIONS
KGOV resoumes may not be used to produce or distribute any programming that:
Contains obscene or indecent matter
Contains libelous or slanderous matter
Promotes the sale of commercial products or services including advertising by
and/or on behalf of candidates for public office
Promotes any lottery as defined by Federal Communications Commission
regulations or any advertisement of or information concerning a lottery
Advocates any position and/or opinion regarding any item which may appear before
the Bakersfield City Council
It is realized that grants and/or other types of support may be used to underwrite the cost
of developing programming. In those instances, an acknowledgment may be placed at the
beginning and end of the programming: i.e., "This program is/was made possible by a
grant from the XYZ Corporation."
All entities submitting programming will be responsible for securing all rights and
clearances from broadcast stations, networks, sponsors, music licensing organization
representatives and any other holders of copyrights and/or restrictions associated with the
programming to be aired.
All programming submitted for broadcast will be reviewed by KGOV staff as to content
requirements. Any disagreements regarding programming requirements will be referred
to the Bakersfield City Manager for review and final determination.
LIVE BROADCASTS
Live broadcasts of Bakersfield City Council meetings shall conform to the following
operations guidelines:
Meetings will be identified as to the date and time of the session immediately prior
to each meeting.
A "Wide Shot" of the Chambers shall be broadcast with background music ONLY
until the meeting is called to order.
3. Once called to order, video and audio will be broadcast throughout the session.
No closeups of Bakersfield City Councilmembers or any other persons will be
broadcast unless they are speaking.
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5. No members of the audience will be shown unless that person is recognized by the
Chair.
There will be NO close up reaction shots of Bakersfield City Councilmembers, staff
or any member of the audience.
Live meetings will be aired "gavel to gavel" with informational bulletins or
departmental public service announcements to run during Closed Sessions or other
breaks as ordered by the Chair.
At the conclusion of each meeting, the Bakersfield City Council audio will be
immediately muted, background music will be played and the "Wide Shot" will be
displayed during the credits.
9. In the event of an emergency, the Chair may order the live broadcast terminated.
10.
All meetings will be recorded on broadcast format and raw footage will be retained
for thirty (30) days.
11.
A VHS copy of the gavel to gavel meeting will be fonNarded to the Beale Library for
viewing only.
EDITING GUIDELINES
All re-broadcasts of Bakersfield City Council meetings will be in edited form. The following
procedures shall be applied to rebroadcast.
All edited meetings shall display a message every 10 minutes on the bottom of the
screen that states "This program is an edited version of a Bakersfield City Council
meeting conducted on XXXX."
Any edit point where programming is being removed shall cut to black for at least
½ second to make the edit obvious to viewers.
The only edited portion of a rebroadcast Bakersfield City Council meeting shall be
the elimination of the time delay which occurs in live broadcasts between the
workshop session and the beginning of the meeting at 7:00 p.m., and any recess
during the meeting.
Each rebroadcast shall open and close with the Kern Government Channel station
identifier.
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MODIFICATIONS TO POLICIES
Any modification, addition or deletion of any part of these polices must be approved by the
Bakersfield City Council.
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