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Staff recommends dissolving Staunton’s cable commission as franchise work dwindles
Summary
IT and city management staff told council the cable commission’s workload has fallen as franchise agreements standardized and streaming supplanted traditional cable; staff recommended folding its remaining functions into staff work and placing the item on the consent agenda for final action.
City staff recommended that Staunton City Council dissolve the city’s cable commission, saying franchise management has become largely boilerplate and public complaints are infrequent.
Kurt Plowman, the city’s information technology director, briefed council that the commission’s original role managing complex franchise agreements dated to 1988 but…
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