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Select Board approves PBTV server purchase to modernize public‑access scheduling
Summary
Plymouth approved a $34,793 purchase order for a new PBTV television server from Tel View, funded in part by a $7,125.98 withdrawal from a trustees' fund; staff said the upgrade will automate scheduling and free staff time, with an expected 10‑year service life.
The Plymouth Select Board approved a purchase order to replace PBTV’s 10‑year‑old television server, selecting Tel View after a review of three vendors.
Dan explained the current server (bought in 2016) had exceeded its useful life and required repeated rebuilds. Tel View was chosen for its automation capabilities and compatibility with the public‑education‑government (PEG) channel network; staff said automation will remove daily manual upload and scheduling tasks, saving significant staff hours and enabling more original community programming.
The purchase order amount read into the record was $34,793, and board members amended the motion to include taking $7,125.98 from the trustees of a trust fund to complete payment. The board approved the motion by voice vote; no roll‑call recorded names in the transcript. Staff said the new server has a roughly 10‑year industry standard life and that lead time for delivery and one‑day cutover were expected during school vacation week.
Quote: “This would allow us to automate our scheduling on a daily and weekly basis … saving us hours a day and tens of hours a week in office work,” the station representative said.
Staff will coordinate installation timing with the school's schedule and complete required signatures on the purchase order and trust‑fund paperwork.
