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Revised as of August 3, 2009, at 1:30 p.m. 2 Section 3. TERMS OF OFFICE: Appointments shall be made for three-year staggered terms. Terms begin in January of the year of appointment (or as otherwise noted) and shall end on December 31st of the third year thereafter or as otherwise noted. Section 4. VACANCIES: Any Cable Committee member who is unable to fulfill their designated term of office shall notify the Cable Committee chair in writing. Vacancies shall be filled according to the procedures and policies adopted by the City Council. Section 5. DUTIES OF THE CABLE COMMITTEE. The Cable Committee duties are as follows: a) To advise the City Council regarding issues relating to the government access cable channel. b) To provide an informational and public relations outlet for the city government through the use of government access cable channel. c) To provide Mounds View residents the opportunity to understand their community more fully and to participate more successfully in community life. d) To oversee, evaluate, and assist in television programming on the government access cable channel. e) To communicate programming objectives to the City Council. f) To develop an awareness of the government access cable channel through public relations efforts in local newspapers, the City website, the City newsletter and other outlets as may be appropriate. g) To encourage individual residents and institutions to make use of the government and community access cable channels. h) To work with the North Suburban Access Corporation to help facilitate community programming in the ten-city franchise area. i) To help develop and initiate television programming of Mounds View significance in conjunction with other cities of the North Suburban Cable Commission. ARTICLE III OFFICERS Section 1. ELECTION OF OFFICERS: The Officers of the Cable Committee shall consist of a Chair, Vice-Chair, and Secretary. Officers are elected each calendar year at the first regularly scheduled meeting in January. For each office, the Chair shall invite nominations from Cable Committee members. After nominations have been received, the Chair shall entertain a motion to close nominations. In the event of multiple nominations, the Chair shall ask for a motion to approve one of the nominees. After the motion has been seconded, the Committee votes on the motion. If the motion does not pass, the Chair shall ask for another motion to appoint a different nominee, and proceed with the process again until the officer is approved. If such motion is made and passed, and more than one nomination has been made, the Chair shall distribute ballots to the Cable Committee members and each member shall write his or her selection on the ballot. The Secretary shall tally the ballots and announce the nominee receiving