Cable Department
1999-2000 Annual Report
Mission Statement
The goal of the Cable Commission is to provide broadcasting of Township Board,
Planning Commission, School Board and any other commission meeting the Township
Board deems necessary, as well as taping and replaying selected programs to
viewers of both the municipal channel (GI–TV) and the School Channel. In addition,
the Cable Commission works with its cable providers and the Township Board to
further enhance cable television services and products for the citizens of Grosse
Ile Township in a positive manner.
- Under the guidance of the Grosse Ile Cable Commission, the Cable Department
continued to make great strides in their goal of providing better cable services
and products to the citizens of Grosse Ile Township.
- In the fall of 1999, Americast started offering services to Island residents.
- In mid-October, the Franchise agreement with Comcast Cable of Taylorthat
was originally signed in 1984, expired amidst continuing negotiations. Withan
agreement relatively close, the Township Board, with the recommendation of
the Cable Commission, extended the franchise agreement until April 1, 2000.
At the end of January 2000, a tentative agreement was reached with Comcast
and should be finalized soon.
- Comcast Cable modernized their cable delivery system by wiring the entire
island for fiber optics. This enabled Comcast to offer better cable reception
and digital cable.
- Comcast introduced @HOME Computer Service to Island residents.
- The Cable Department continued to cablecast on a taped basis, the TownshipBoard,
Planning Commission, and School Board meetings. Under the directive of the
Cable Commission, the Recreation Commission and the Cable Commission, as well
as some of the Brownfield Authority meetings are now being taped.
- A survey was circulated among the remaining commissions, to see if interest
existed in cable casting the other board and commission meetings. At this
time the Township Board is considering what future additions to the cablecast
schedule may be added.
- Over the past year, the Cable Department and the Recreation Department have
co-sponsored a number of projects. This past summer, 18 middle school aged
children attended a week-long video camp conducted by the Cable Department.
This school year during both semesters, the Cable Department offered a video
class as part of an after school opportunity for middle school students.
- The Grosse Ile web page has been assigned to the Cable Department. In the
past six months, the web page has been re-designed and expanded in an effort
to make the web page user friendly .
- A major effort in the past year has been the designing of a state of the
art Township Board Chamber Room. In cooperation with Electronic Interiors,
the Cable Commission and the Township Board are looking forward to moving
into a chamber that will include four (4) three chip remote control cameras,
room designed acoustics, a video viewing screen, ADA accessible podium, power
point presentation ports, and TV lighting.
- The long awaited airport video, “On the Wings of a Dream”, was completed
in January, 2000.
- Programming on G I–T V included coverage of major Grosse Ile events, starting
with the Islandfest, the Airport Big Band Concert, the Islandfest Parade,
the Halloween Parade, and the Island Glow. Special coverage was given to the
VFW Pearl Harbor Remembrance, the Parke Lane and Meridian Elementary Rededication
Ceremonies, and the swearing in of Duncan Murdock as Fire Chief. The cable
department covered the powder puff football game, the Homecoming Parade and
Crowning, girl’s basketball games, the Talent Show, Shakespeare Play, Honors
Ceremony, and Senior Award Assembly. Numerous elementary school plays and
concerts were featured as well as concerts and the Spelling Bee at the Middle
School. Finally, specials on the landscaping of Macomb Street, G-I Magazine
and an anti-drug program in cooperation with Grosse Ile United were aired
on G I–T V. In an effort to continue to promote the outstanding efforts of
the Recreation Department, full coverage of the Fall Harvest as well as a
special show promoting the summer issue of the Channels were produced.
In fiscal year 2000-2001, the Cable Department top priority will be a smooth
transition from its present home at the Centennial Farm to the state of the
art facilities at the new Township Hall on Groh Road.
Also, both the continuing expansion of programming for GI-TV and the updating
of the web page, www. grosseile.com, will be important mandates.
1999-2000 Annual Report
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