Cable Panel Flags Budget Overrun

Cable Commission · Meeting of July 28, 2026

CLINTON — The Clinton Cable Commission discussed a budget running well past its $20,000 cap and graduation livestream audio failures. Commission members Mark and Ed, joined by the high school's digital media teacher, said recent spending has trended near $30,000 to $34,000 a year after a new vendor contract raised student pay rates, with no formal correction made since February. "Nobody got back to me to say oh we should, what can we do," Mark said of the overage.

The group discussed amending the student filming contract's five-day production window to "five school days" and building a Google Form to track payments after delays of up to six weeks. No votes were taken. A long-delayed studio renovation, stalled two and a half years, awaits a fourth round of architect calls.

The next meeting was tentatively set for August 11 at 5:30 p.m.

In the full story:

• Graduation Livestream Failures
• Revising the Student Payment and Production Contract
• Budget Overrun and Fiscal Oversight
• Equipment, Training and Workflow Improvements
• Sponsorship and Revenue Ideas
• Studio Renovation Project Update
• Reviving the Student Morning Show
• Scheduling the Next Meeting
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 2,396 words

Source: the Cable Commission meeting of July 28, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.