Metro Cable Commission approves leadership picks, calendar changes and scholarships

The Sacramento Metropolitan Cable Television Commission on March 6 elected Ryan Brown as chair and Member Gatewood as vice chair, adopted a revised 2025 meeting calendar and approved scholarship awards through its Community Grant Program.

The commission conducted a voice vote to approve routine consent matters before moving to elections and other business. The chair election passed with one recorded abstention. The commission also voted to shift its 2025 meeting schedule from five meetings to a quarterly cadence, and it approved a slate of scholarship recipients for media training and membership with local nonprofit Access Sacramento.

Votes at a glance

- Consent matters: Approved by voice vote (no roll-call tally recorded).

- Election of chair: Motion to appoint Ryan Brown as chair — motion and second recorded; outcome: approved; one abstention was recorded during the vote.

- Election of vice chair: Motion to appoint Member Gatewood as vice chair — motion and second recorded; outcome: approved by voice vote.

- Calendar: Motion to adopt the revised 2025 Sacramento Metropolitan Cable Commission meeting calendar (move from five meetings to quarterly). Outcome: approved by voice vote.

- Scholarship grants: Motion to adopt the resolution approving the FY 2024–25 Sacramento Metropolitan Cable Commission Television Community Grant Program scholarship recipients. Outcome: approved by voice vote.

Why it matters

The leadership changes set the commission's officers for 2025. Moving to quarterly meetings reduces the commission's scheduled meetings and signals staff will bring items to the commission on a less frequent formal schedule. The scholarship approvals allocate commission resources to local media-training opportunities, pairing recipients with community media organizations such as Access Sacramento.

What the record shows

The meeting transcript records voice votes for the measures above and a single abstention during the chair election; no roll-call tallies were recorded on the public record. The scholarship resolution lists specific named recipients (see related coverage).