Urbana Public Television Commission Meeting
Regular MeetingUrbana, IL · September 10, 2021
Agenda
URBANA PUBLIC TELEVISION
COMMISSION
DATE: Friday, September 10, 2021
TIME: 12:00 p.m.
PLACE: *To be held virtually via Zoom, 400 S Vine St, Urbana, IL 61801
AGENDA
1. Call to Order and Roll Call
2. Approval of Minutes of Previous Meeting
a. June 11, 2021
3. Correspondence
4. Staff Report
5. Audience Participation
6. Unfinished Business
7. New Business
a. Fiscal Year 2021 Annual Report
b. Staff Transition
8. Commissioner’s Comments
9. Set Next Meeting Date and Adjournment
The next regularly-scheduled meetings are:
December 10, 2021, 12 Noon, Urbana City Council Chambers
March 11, 2022, 12 Noon, Urbana City Council Chambers
June 10, 2022, 12 Noon, Urbana City Council Chambers
September 9, 2022, 12 Noon, Urbana City Council Chambers
Pursuant to the Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamation and the Declaration of Emergency for the City of Urbana, Illinois
related to the COVID-19 pandemic and in accordance with changes to the Open Meetings Act (Public Act (P.A. 101-
0640), it has been determined that an in-person public meeting is not prudent or safe at this time. Members of the
public body will attend remotely using Zoom Webinar. Members of the public may attend via Zoom or view meetings
remotely on Urbana Public Television through Comcast Xfinity on Channels 6 and 1096, i3 Broadband on channel 6,
AT&T U-Verse on channel 99 and streamed on the web (https://livestream.com/urbana).
You are invited to a Zoom webinar.
When: Sep 10, 2021 12:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Topic: UPTV Commission
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89725275346
Or One tap mobile :
US: +13126266799,,89725275346# or +13017158592,,89725275346#
Or Telephone:
Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):
US: +1 312 626 6799 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 929 205 6099 or +1 669 900 6833 or +1
253 215 8782 or +1 346 248 7799
Webinar ID: 897 2527 5346
International numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbyLZCZod
PUBLIC INPUT
The City of Urbana welcomes Public Input during open meetings of the City Council, the City
Council’s Committee of the Whole, City Boards and Commissions, and other City-sponsored
meetings. Our goal is to foster respect for the meeting process, and respect for all people
participating as members of the public body, city staff, and the general public. The City is
required to conduct all business during public meetings. The presiding officer is responsible for
conducting those meetings in an orderly and efficient manner.
Public Input will be taken in the following ways:
Zoom Webinar Participant
Click on the link listed in the agenda to join the Webinar. You must provide your name and
email address in order to join the Webinar. If you wish to speak during Public Input, “raise your
hand” and wait to be called on by the meeting host. You must state your first and last name for
the meeting record. Participants will be muted except when they are called on to speak; video
will remain off for all members of the public when speaking.
Telephone Participant
Call the phone number listed on the Agenda. Enter the Webinar ID followed by the # key. All
callers are muted by default. If you wish to speak, “raise your hand” by pressing *9 once. When
you are called on by the host or presiding officer, you will be un-muted. You must state your
first name and last name for the meeting record.
Email Input
Public comments must be received prior to the closing of the meeting record (at the time of
adjournment unless otherwise noted) at the following: uptv@urbanaillinois.us. The subject line
of the email must include the words “PUBLIC INPUT” and the meeting date. Emailed public
comments labeled as such will be incorporated into the public meeting record, with personal
identifying information redacted. Copies of emails will be posted after the meeting minutes
have been approved.
Written Input
Any member of the public may submit their comments addressed to the members of the
public body in writing. If a person wishes their written comments to be included in the record
of Public Input for the meeting, the writing should so state. Written comments must be
received prior to the closing of the meeting record (at the time of adjournment unless
otherwise noted).
Verbal Input
Protocol for Public Input is one of respect for the process of addressing the business of the
City. Obscene or profane language, or other conduct that threatens to impede the orderly
progress of the business conducted at the meeting is unacceptable.
Public comment shall be limited to no more than four (4) minutes per person. The Public Input
portion of the meeting shall total no more than one (1) hour, unless otherwise shortened or
extended by majority vote of the public body members present. The presiding officer or the
city clerk or their designee, shall monitor each speaker's use of time and shall notify the
speaker when the allotted time has expired. A person may participate and provide Public Input
once during a meeting and may not cede time to another person, or split their time if Public
Input is held at two (2) or more different times during a meeting. The presiding officer may
give priority to those persons who indicate they wish to speak on an agenda item upon which a
vote will be taken.
The presiding officer or public body members shall not enter into a dialogue with citizens.
Questions from the public body members shall be for clarification purposes only. Public Input
shall not be used as a time for problem solving or reacting to comments made but, rather, for
hearing citizens for informational purposes only.
In order to maintain the efficient and orderly conduct and progress of the public meeting, the
presiding officer of the meeting shall have the authority to raise a point of order and provide a
verbal warning to a speaker who engages in the conduct or behavior proscribed under “Verbal
Input”. Any member of the public body participating in the meeting may also raise a point of
order with the presiding officer and request that they provide a verbal warning to a speaker. If
the speaker refuses to cease such conduct or behavior after being warned by the presiding
officer, the presiding officer shall have the authority to mute the speaker’s microphone and/or
video presence at the meeting. The presiding officer will inform the speaker that they may
send the remainder of their remarks via e-mail to the public body for inclusion in the meeting
record.
Accommodation
If an accommodation is needed to participate in a City meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s
Office at least 48 hours in advance so that special arrangements can be made using one of the
following methods:
Phone: 217.384.2366
Email: CityClerk@urbanaillinois.us
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