The Communications & Technology Commission oversees many of the City’s established and emerging digital assets, including our website, social media content, and cable access TV channels.

Communications & Technology Commission Members

Resident Representatives:

• Dave Updegraff, Chair (term ending 12/31/2027)
• Kate Matos (term ending 12/31/2025)
• Weldon Rice (term ending 12/31/2027)
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School Representative:

• VACANCY

Council Representative:

• Rob Shahmir, Chair of the Communications, Environmental, and Recreational Programming Committee

Meeting Time & Location

Meetings are typically held the third Thursday of the month, a minimum of six (6) times a year, at 6 p.m. in the Communications & Technology Department located in the Lower Level of the Avon Lake Public Library. If you would like to attend the meeting, contact Interim Communications & Technology Director Stephanie Biggers at: sbiggers@avonlake.org or (440) 933-7677.

Communications & Technology Commission Responsibilities:

• Advising Council regarding general policy relating to the operation and uses of access channels with a view toward maximizing the diversity of programs and services to viewers;
• Encouraging the use of access channels among the widest range of institutions, groups, and individuals within the City;
• Advising Council of changes in the state-of-the-art of cable technology and the applicability of the same to access channel programming for the system;
• Recommending expenditures within the limits of the Cable Television Improvement Fund; and
• Submitting reports to Council, including, but not limited to, a summary of the utilization of access channels, a review of any plans submitted during the year by the grantee for the development of new services, and a summary report of Commission deliberations throughout the year in connection with its assigned functions.

For more information, visit the Communications & Technology page.