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Board unanimously approves Verizon cable franchise renewal ordinance
Summary
The board voted unanimously to approve Ordinance 2026-01, renewing the Verizon cable franchise for five years with no change to rate amounts, and noted a decline in resident cable usage since the previous agreement.
Township Manager David Blechertas presented Ordinance 2026-01, the proposed renewal of the Verizon cable franchise, noting that the agreement is renegotiated every five years and the rate amounts in the proposed ordinance remain unchanged from the prior contract. Blechertas told the board that the number of residents using cable television has declined since the last agreement.
After brief discussion the board unanimously approved the ordinance (motion by Anna Dale; second by Scott Merchlinski). No roll-call objections or abstentions were recorded in the minutes.
Why it matters: franchise agreements set the legal relationship and fee structure between the township and cable providers; while the rate stayed the same, the board recorded the decline in local cable subscriptions as background for future negotiations.
The meeting minutes do not record substantive amendments to the ordinance language or any public comment during this item; the board treated the item as a routine renewal and adopted the ordinance at the meeting.
