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Funding for Lynn CAM meetings questioned

Robin Kaminski

April 10, 2008 by Robin Kaminski

LYNN – Details of whether City Council meetings will be taped and aired on local access television are still being hammered out.Questions concerning funding arose at Tuesday’s Cable Access Committee meeting, where Councilor at Large Judith Flanagan Kennedy said potential sources of funding might lie in cable TV contracts with Comcast and Verizon.According to Kennedy, a portion of each company’s gross annual revenue is given to the city over the course of their contracts, but exactly where that money is going remains unclear.”I’m not sure if the money goes to Lynn Cam (Lynn Cable Access and Media) or to the mayor’s office for the better of the city,” she said. “Comcast contributes $350,000 over their 10-year contract and Verizon contributes $750,000 over nine years. So that’s potentially over $1 million in funding.”Kennedy said the money can potentially be used for educational needs.”One of the things I want to do is look at where the money is going, and it may be in the city’s best interest to pull some of that money back for other government interests,” she said.Aside from the issue of funding, Kennedy said she would like to invite Lynn CAM Executive Director Ken Kinna to an upcoming Cable Access meeting to discuss possible obstacles.Prior to bringing Kinna in for a meeting, Councilor at Large Paul Crowley said he would like to set up a time where all interested parties could tour auditoriums in surrounding communities similar to Lynn, such as Salem.”After the tours, I’d like to have (Kinna) come to the City Council to talk about whether the idea is a good one or a bad one,” he said. “I’m really not interested in cable using the meetings as a forum to criticize or comment on them. So I think we have to decide if we want this to happen and what terms and conditions would apply.”Kennedy said Mayor Edward J. Clancy Jr. actually has the ultimate authority over whether the meetings are taped.”I think the Council would be in full support of the idea, but if the mayor doesn’t want it, it won’t happen,” she said.Kinna previously said the non-profit media station has made some progress in the quest to begin taping council meetings, and that it would cost roughly $15,000 to $20,000 to install the cameras.Kinna had also mentioned that he would seek monetary help from local businesses to sponsor the meetings to make the tapings happen.

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