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Board unanimously amends cable-franchise rule to remove 15-year minimum term
Summary
The Culpeper County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to amend County Code Section 6(a), Article 5 (Cable Communications) to remove a 15-year minimum franchise term, a change staff said is intended to allow negotiation of shorter, potentially more favorable franchise agreements with Comcast and Verizon.
The Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted an amendment to Culpeper County Code of Ordinances Section 6(a), Article 5 (Cable Communications) to eliminate a current minimum 15-year term for cable franchise agreements.
A board member presenting the amendment explained the change is intended to provide flexibility in franchise negotiations. "We have in our county code the stipulation that cable franchise agreements be a minimum of 15 years, and we wanna change that so that there's no minimum so that we can get a better deal when we negotiate with our franchise providers, Comcast and Verizon," he said.
The public hearing on the proposed amendment was opened and the chair asked for speakers. No substantive additional public testimony was recorded. A supervisor moved to amend Section 6(a) "as proposed as stated in the agenda;" the motion was seconded and the chair announced the motion "passes unanimously." The record does not show a roll-call tally in the transcript provided.
The amendment was adopted at the meeting; no further details on amended text, implementation timeline or negotiations with providers were recorded in the public hearing minutes presented.
