1988-09-19 - Resolution 1988-50 - ACCEPTING THE CHANNEL 6 COMMUNITY NETWORK SERVICE AGREEMENTRESOLUTION 88- 50
ACCEPTING THE CHANNEL 6 COMMUNITY NETWORK SERVICE AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, the Villages of Buffalo Grove, Elk Grove Village, Hoffman
Estotes, Palattne, and Rolling Meadow s are partners in the Continental
Regional Cable Group and share cable television service from Continental
Coblevision of N orthern Cook County; and
WHEREAS, that partnership hos forged a cooperatiye yenture
whereby the Villoges may expand their local cable teleyision copobilities
and offerings to their residents by contracting for programming and
production ser"vices with Channel 6, the Community Network, os initiolly
developed by the Elk Grove Village Pork Distnct; ond
WHEREAS, the Village is desirous of expanding its locol programming
efforts to Buffalo Grove residents;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PRESIDENT AND
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF BUFFALO CROVE, COOK
AND LAKE COUNTIES, ILLINOIS that:
The Village hereby accepts the Channel 6 Community Network
Service Agreement attached hereto as Erhibit A,
Be it further resolved that a copy o/ this Resolu tion be forwardedto the Elk Grove Village Park District.
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Mari en tha
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6 1 Glover. Reid. Shields. Shi fr in. Mathias
NA YES: 0 - None
ABSENT: 0 - None
ABS TAIN.O _ None
PASSED: Seprenber l9
APPROVED: Septenber 19
Attest:
1988
1988
App royed:
Tn Sr"J,,..^
lage Clerk
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CHANNEL 5 COMMI'NITY NETWORK AGREEI'{ENT
Thls agreement made and entered lnto as of the 19 th day of
September , 1988 by and betrreen E1k Grove Vlllage Park Dlstrict, a munlclpal
corporatlon rrith prlocipal offlces located at 499 Blesterfleld Road, Elk
Grove Vlllage, ILllnols, 60007 (herelnafter referred to as the rrDistrlctr')
and the Village of Buffalo Grove, Il1lnols, a nunlclpal corporatlon wlth
prlnclpal of fi-ces Located at 50 Raupp Boulevard, Buffalo Grove, Illlnols
60089, (herelnafter referred to as "V11lage").
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Dlstrlct purauant to an agreexnent with the Vlllage of Elk
Grove Vlllage has operated and contlnues to operate a Conmunlty Netrrork
Progran on Channel 6; and
WHEREAS, the Dlstrlct pursuant to lts CoEounity Network Progran mlsslon
offers cable televlslon programlng and comunity prograEming to lts
lmedlate comunlty; and
WHEREAS, the Dlstrict wlshes to expand the aforesald services by feeding
lts entlre cabLe televlslon slgnal to all governnental entitles servlced by
Contlnental Cablevlslon of Northern Cook County and represented by the
contlnental Reglonal cable Group whlch lncludes the vlllages of Buffalo
Grove, Elk Grove Vi1lage, Hoffman Estates, palatlne and Rolllng Meadows I and
WHEREAS ' the village wrshes to receive the aforesald servrce and to
become a part of the Channel 6 Comunlty Network program.
NOW' THEREFORE, BE 1T AND THE SAME HEREBY IS AGREED BY AND BETWEEN THE
DISTRICT AND THE VILLAGE as follorrs:
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l. Tern. Thls agreenent shal1 be effective comencing October I, f988
and shaIl remain Ln effect untll Aprtl 30, 1989. It shall be automatlcally
renewed fron year to year thereafter unless elther party notifles the other
in lrriting at least ninety (90) days, but nor less rhan thlrty (30) days
prior to the Aprl1 30th expiratlon date that 1t desires to modlfy or
termlnate thLs agreement,
2. Slgnal and f'ee.The Dlstrlct shalI, durlng the term hereof, feed
1ts entire Channel 6 Comunlty Netlrork Program slgnal to the Village on a
non-excluslve basle. The fee for thls servlce shal1 be four thousand sl.x
hundred slxty seven dollars ($4,667.00) for rhe perlod Ocrober 1, 1988 to
Aprll 30, 1989, payable upon execution of thls agreenent. Thereafter an
annual servlce fee of elght thousand dollars ($8,000.00) sha1l be due and
owlng to the Distrlct on May lst.
3. Programmin S. The Channel 6 slgnal shall conslst of programing
aired seven hours a day, slx days a week, rrlth the vtewing day beglnnlng at
10:00 a.rn. and runnlng untll 1:30 p,m., then recomenclng at 6:00 p.u, and
concludlng at 9:30 p.u. The annual servlce fee as referred to Ln Sectlon 2
of thls agreement Eay be prorated or adJusted upon nutual agreenent of the
partles if the programnlng hours devlate from the above described tlnes. The
Dlstrlct agrees that lt sha1l use its best efforts as deflned by the v1l1age
to malntaln lts progran varlety and offerlngs.
4. Refeedlns. The Villa ge shall not resend or refeed the Channel G
slgnal outslde the tlme schedule so deflned ln Sectlon 3 unless rrrltten
perElssion fron the Dlstrlct ls recelved by the Vl11age.
5. Promotlon.A11 credlts, logos and promotlons
the Communlty Network during the terms hereof sha1l read
1n conjunction with
I'Communlty Network. r'
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6. Local Prograns. The Dlstrlct sha1l offer the VlI1a ge the
opportunlty to produce programs for 1ts local vlewershlp and wlll feed such
local programs to the Vlllage for it6 local viewershlp at such times and wlth
such frequency as the Vlllage and Dlstrlct may hereafter agree but prior to
productlon of such local program. The fee for one flnlshed, half-hour, The
fee for one flnlshed, half-hour, one-camera productlon shall be three hundred
fifty dollars ($350.00) per show or sevenreen thousand dollars ($17,000.00)
for flfty two shorrs (a different show every week), payable ln advance of
productlon whlchever alternatlve the Village shaIl select.
7. Cotrmerclals. The Vllla ge agrees to a11ow the Distrlct to sell
comercial air tlDe as seen flt and approprlate by the Dlstrlct. The
revenues for sald commerclal tlme are expressly lntended to offset televlslon
productlon costs lncurred by Channel 6 crews and the Dlstrict. The Vlllage
Day, through its representative to the Contlnental Regional Cable Group,
revlew the content and approprlateness to lts comunlty any and all
comercials to be aired on the coDEunity Network, such revlews sha1l be hel-d
at a neetlng uutually agreeable by and wlth all parties who hold like
agreenents wlth the Dlstrlct.
8. Early terxoinatlon,No trrlth s tand 1ng the provlsions above relatlve
to the term of thls agreement, this agreement sharl autonatrcally temlnate
upon any termlnation of Dlstrictrs or vrllagers rlght to operate channel 6
for any reason whatsoever.
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Dlstrlct
federal
shall ,
lavs as
Compllance wlth Sta te and Federal 1aw, The V111 age and the
at all tlnes, conply wlth all
so govern cable televlsion and
relative 1oca1, state and
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Its operation thereof. The
DlstrLct represents that all its programs do not lnfringe on any copyrlght
laws .
10. Nonass lgnabllLty. This agreement and the rlghts of the Vlllage
hereunder shall not be asslgnable to any other party.
11. Extenslon of Beneflts. If the Dlstrlc t offers any benefit
concerning the channel 6 connunlty Network to any one of the flve Vlllages so
serviced by contlnental cablevislon of Northern cook county, said benefit
shal1 be extended to the other V1llages.
rn I'Iltness htrereof, the partles hereto have executed these presents by
and through thelr duly authorrzed offlcers as of the day and year flrst above
stated,
ELK GROVE VILLAGE PARK DISTRICT VIILAGE OF EUFFALO GROVE
CHANNEL 5 COMMIJNITY R
regtor President
&""9r."^t lerk
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