Fri, Dec 5, 2025·Sacramento County, California·Boards and Commissions

Sacramento Metropolitan Cable Television Commission Meeting (Adoption of 2026 Calendar, Staff Recognition, Contract Amendment, Closed Session)

Discussion Breakdown

Personnel Matters35%
Miscellaneous25%
Community Engagement15%
Telecommunications Infrastructure15%
Sustainability Initiatives10%

Summary

Sacramento Metropolitan Cable Television Commission Meeting (Adoption of 2026 Calendar, Staff Recognition, Contract Amendment, Closed Session)

The Sacramento Metropolitan Cable Television Commission convened a regular meeting (date and start/end times not stated in the transcript), opened with roll call and the Pledge of Allegiance, heard one off-agenda public comment regarding delivery of a commission-initiated TV series, approved the 2026 meeting calendar, recognized an employee’s 10-year service milestone by resolution, approved an eighth amendment to a closed captioning agreement, and adjourned after a closed session with no reportable action.

Public Comments & Testimony

  • Shira Lane (Atrium 916, creative innovation center for sustainability) stated that Atrium 916 delivered all six episodes of a TV series, "Citizens of Planet Earth," which she said was a project initiated by the Cable Commission to help local creatives. She expressed excitement to share the series, said they were proud of the project, and stated it reflects local creatives positively and reflects the County’s waste diversion efforts. She said she was available for questions and looked forward to working with PEG channels on promotion.

Discussion Items

  • Item 2: Adopt 2026 Commission meeting calendar

    • Approved by roll call vote: all members present voted yes.
  • Tenure/Recognition Resolution: Mary Tau Anacleto (10-year milestone)

    • The Commission recognized Mary Tau Anacleto for 10 years of service (described as the Commission’s second longest-serving employee).
    • Highlights read into the record included: began as a temporary Senior Office Assistant (April 2014); became full-time Senior Office Assistant (November 2015); responsibilities cited included reconciling PEG grant reimbursements to channels and member agencies, fiscal/budget administration (reports/logs/compliance), and ensuring payroll/benefits processing accuracy; and mentoring/training staff.
    • Mary Tau Anacleto gave remarks expressing gratitude to God, the Commission, colleagues, and leadership, and reflected on lessons learned over 10 years (patience, collaboration, adaptability) and appreciation for support from past and present leadership.
    • The recognition resolution was adopted by roll call vote: members present voted yes (note: the transcript indicates Member McCarty stepped out during this portion).
  • Item 3: Resolution approving the eighth amendment to closed captioning agreement with Aberdeen

    • Approved by roll call vote: all members present voted yes.
  • Item 5: Closed session

    • The Commission recessed to closed session and later reconvened.

Key Outcomes

  • Approved the 2026 Sacramento Metropolitan Cable Television Commission meeting calendar (unanimous among members present).
  • Adopted a tenure/recognition resolution honoring Mary Tau Anacleto for 10 years of service.
  • Adopted a resolution approving the eighth amendment to the closed captioning agreement with Aberdeen.
  • Closed session report: No reportable action.
  • The meeting was adjourned by roll call vote (members present voted yes).

Meeting Transcript

All right, let's go ahead and open this meeting up. And can you go ahead and take roll? Absolutely. Members Munoz? Here. Riley? Here. McCarthy-Omstead? Here. Hodges? Here. Sloan? Here. Middleton? Here. Spees? Present. Leary? Here. Sandhu? Here. Gull? Here. Hackett Little? Present. And Vice Chair Gatewood? Here. And with those members present, we do have a quorum. Excellent. Let's go ahead and rise for pledge allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. All right. Clerk, go ahead and read the Metro statement and replay announcements. This meeting of the Sacramento Metropolitan Cable Television Commission is cablecast live on Metro Cable 14, the local government affairs channel, on the Comcast and AT&T U-verse cable systems. This meeting is closed captioned and live streamed at Metro 14 live at or dot SAC county dot gov. And this meeting will, I do not have the replay time available to me now, but it will replay on Metro Cable 14. And this meeting can also be viewed at youtube.com backslash Metro Cable 14. The meeting announcement, the commission fosters public engagement during the meeting and encourages public participation, civility, and the use of courteous language. To make a public comment in person, please fill out a speaker request form and hand it to clerk staff. The chairperson will open public comments for each agenda off-agenda item and direct the clerk to call the name of each speaker. When the clerk calls your name, please come to the podium and make your comment. You may send written comments by email to boardclerk at saccounty.gov. Your comment will be routed to the board and filed in the record. And that concludes the Metro Statement and meeting announcement. Excellent. Thank you. Go ahead and read section one. And item number one is public comments relating to matters not on the posted agenda. Do we have any public comments? And we do not have any public comments at this time. Excellent. Let's go ahead. My apologies. I misspoke. It is not updating. Yes, we do have a public comment. Excellent. And our first public commenter is Ms. Lane. Please state your name. Hi, I'm Shira Lane with Atrium 916. We're a creative innovation center for sustainability. We've been working for a couple of years on a TV series called Citizens of Planet Earth. This was a project that was initiated by the Cable Commission to help local creatives. I'm excited to say that today we delivered all six episodes and we are very excited to share them with you we feel this project we're very proud of this project we feel it reflects our local creatives in a great light and it also reflects the county on their waste diversion efforts that they are working