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'to., 2007 Commission and North Metro TV Budgets Talking Points Overall Oreanizational Goals · To develop a plan for continuing to deliver important and valuable services to the North Metro, utilizing the 2006 Strategic Planning and Alternative Funding Methods Report and a 2007 subscriber survey. This plan will be essential, considering the legislative climate, and the likelihood that funding for community programming will be decreased as a direct result of this legislation. · To position the organization's capital equipment inventory so as to eliminate the need for major purchases over the next three to five years. · To hire 5 part-time assistants to create a pool of employees who can be relied upon to crew van shoots, assist with ad shoots, and help in the production of other community programs. These individuals could also serve as a pool of videographers available to cities for hire to tape meetings. It is becoming more and more difficult to produce more, higher quality programs utilizing volunteers. High technical quality programming will be more and more essential as we try to sell advertising. Staff time spent on recruiting and training volunteers has reached a point where we will not be able to expand the number of events we cover. There are not enough people willing to volunteer their time, as often as we need them, to produce the numbers of programs we produce. While we will continue to utilize volunteers and interns, developing paid part-time positions will serve as incentive for folks to continue to volunteer or intern with us to develop their skills, as there is the possibility that they could actually get a job. This way, all the training that we put into our volunteers and interns won't be lost once the internship is over, or the volunteer needs to find a job. This pool of employees could also be tapped by cities when they are looking for people to tape their meetings. Finally, it is possible that with reduced funding we may need to rely on part-time people to produce most of our programs. Developing this pool now will make any necessary transition more seamless. The total cost of this part-time pool would be $27,450.75. They would be limited to earning $425 per month, and would therefore be ineligible for health benefits or PERA. Payroll taxes would apply and are included in the above total. · To expand revenue sources such as advertising, copying fees, and additional services determined feasible by the 2006 Strategic Planning Report. · To continue developing public recognition of available services. Commission Hudeet · The recommended budget total for the Commission is $558,884. This is a 6.8% increase over last year's budget. The increase is due to a recommended 3% salary ~