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West Bend City to replace core broadcast hardware after camera, battery failures; vendor to spend five days onsite
Summary
Community TV staff won City approval to proceed with a CASTIS back‑end replacement after a recent battery failure and persistent camera problems. KeyCode Media supplied a $42,112 quote; staff shifted funds within this year’s budget to proceed.
West Bend City’s Community TV staff told the committee on Feb. 11 that the city will move forward with a planned replacement of its CASTIS back‑end broadcast system after a recent hardware failure disrupted service.
The update came from John Elke, production manager for Community TV, who said the city approved a project quote from KeyCode Media for $42,112 and has ordered the new equipment. “Earlier this month we had a battery go out which caused our stations to go down temporarily,” Elke said. “That was a good wake up call a little bit.”
The quote exceeds the $35,000 line item in this year’s budget, Elke said. To cover the difference, staff delayed purchase of a new video‑editing computer planned for this budget term and reallocated those funds to the CASTIS purchase. “If it does come under budget, great. If not, not a huge deal. We had the funds to do so,” Elke said. He said KeyCode Media will be on…
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