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Morgan Beard Jul 13, 2021
“To not have any control over the board of directors [of ORCTV], that’s not good governance,” said Marion Select Board Member John Waterman. Photo by: Morgan Beard
The governing boards of the Tri-Town met jointly on Tuesday, July 13 to discuss the renegotiation of the contract between the towns and ORCTV, the local access channel that provides video coverage of town meetings and other events.
The agreement provides funding to ORCTV generated through fees paid by cable companies like Verizon and Comcast to the towns.
The contract expired in 2014 and has not since been renegotiated.
“We all have a vested interest in making sure this moves forward,” said Mattapoisett Select Board member Jordan Collyer.
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As enrollment declines in the Old Rochester Regional School District, Tri-Town officials at a July 13 joint meeting of Marion and Mattapoisett’s Select Boards and Rochester’s Board of Selectmen called for an enrollment study on the OR high school and junior high.
Marion Select Board member John Waterman said that a study could help the towns and district “to manage or better control” the cost of schooling long-term.
Marion Town Administrator Jay McGrail noted that he and Superintendent Mike Nelson are already working on it, and that he has a call with the UMass Boston Collins Center for Public Management later this week.
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