On the agenda: Waterford meeting — Data Center (Oct 6)

Waterford Cable Commission
AGENDA
6:00 pm, Tuesday, October 6, 2026
Town Hall, 3rd Floor Conference Room
All motions require support prior to voting. All voting must be a roll call vote, requiring a
verbal yes or no and a raised hand. Votes must be listed in the Journal of Proceedings
accordingly.

1. Roll Call Attendance
2. Approval of Agenda (Motion to approve or deny required)
3. Approval of September 1, 2026 Minutes (Motion to approve or deny required)
4. Reports

a. Media Network Report (Motion to accept or deny required)
b. Cable Staff Report – Subscriber Complaints, PEG & Franchise Fees, Budget
Report (Motion to accept or deny required)
5. Grant Request R. Akers (action requires motion to approve or deny)
6. Public Comment
7. Adjournment (motion required)

Waterford Township Cable Commission
DRAFT Minutes of the September 1, 2026 Meeting

Members Present: Cheryl Blades, Janey Mosakoski, Laura Petrusha, Grant Smith
Absent: Sam Harris, Jim Powers, Tyler Soncrainte
Staff: Shelly Schloss
PEG Representative: Josh Bowren, Media Network of Waterford
Chairperson Grant Smith calls the meeting to order at 6:02 p.m.
Agenda –
Item 2
Approval of Agenda – Janey Mosakoski motions to approve agenda, supported by Cheryl
Blades.
Roll call vote:
Cheryl Blades - Yes
Janey Mosakoski – Yes
Laura Petrusha – Yes
Grant Smith– Yes
Motion carries 4-0.
Item 3
Approve August 4, 2026 Meeting Minutes - Janey Mosakoski motions to approve, supported by
Cheryl Blades.
Roll call vote:
Cheryl Blades - Yes
Janey Mosakoski – Yes
Laura Petrusha – Yes
Grant Smith– Yes
Motion carries 4-0.
Item 4a
Media Network Report – Reviewed by Commission. Janey Mosakoski motions to accept Media
Network of Waterford’s report, supported by Cheryl Blades.
Roll call vote:
Cheryl Blades - Yes
Janey Mosakoski – Yes
Laura Petrusha – Yes
Grant Smith– Yes
Motion carries 4-0.

Waterford Township Cable Commission
DRAFT Minutes of the September 1, 2026 Meeting

Item 4b
Cable Staff Report – Reviewed by Commission. Janey Mosakoski motions to accept report,
supported by Cheryl Blades.
Roll call vote:
Cheryl Blades - Yes
Janey Mosakoski – Yes
Laura Petrusha – Yes
Grant Smith– Yes
Motion carries 4-0.
Item 5
Public Comments –
None
Adjournment – Janey Mosakoski motions to adjourn, supported by Cheryl Blades.
Motion carries 6-0.
Roll call vote:
Cheryl Blades - Yes
Janey Mosakoski – Yes
Laura Petrusha – Yes
Grant Smith– Yes
Motion carries 4-0.
Meeting ends at 6:21 p.m.
Respectfully submitted by: Laura Petrusha, Secretary

Financial Report September 2026
REVENUE
Bingo Income
Grants Incoming
Classes and Workshops
T-Shirts and Media Purchases
Studio / Equipment Rental
Festival Fundraiser (3 proposed)
Waterford Township PEG
Total Revenue
EXPENDITURES
Capital Improvements
Grants Outgoing
Digital Media
Festival Fundraiser (3 proposed)
Health Insurance
Insurance
Office Supplies
Postage and Delivery
Outreach
Payroll Expenses
Total Expenditures
NET OPERATING REVENUE

Current

$

Budget % of Budget
50,000.00
69%

$
$
$
$
$
$

2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
4,000.00
275,000.00
335,000.00

0%
0%
0%
0%
75%
72%

$

15,668.00

68%

$
$
$
$
$
$
5,240.00 $
139,467.89 $
210,751.93 $

400.00
4,000.00
47,000.00
4,500.00
5,500.00
100.00
6,000.00
251,832.00
335,000.00
0.00

0%
0%
98%
81%
70%
0%
87%
55%
63%

$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$

34,500.00
1,700.00
206,250.01
242,450.01

$
$
$
$
$
$
$

10,650.30
1,700.00
46,214.74
3,634.00
3,845.00

$
$
$

31,698.08

Organization Report September 2026
Josh Bowren, Executive Director
-No major outages or issues to report with Comcast, ATT or Internet broadcasting.
-Still working on a Stripe account to allow us to charge for VOD downloads. This project is currently stalled on the vendor. (4/10).
-ALS is making a new trunk cable to fix the tally lights on our cameras. (9/25)
-ALS is re-crimping our camera cable ends on all 3 truck studio cameras. (9/25).
-Working with “Welcome to the D” on some collaborations for content on our channel. Waterford Residents.
-Produced WRC Water by the Quarter Lake Front edition is shooting Ep 2 at Dodge Park with DNR. Data Center show was canceled.
-Met and introduced to the facility new Volunteer Riley.
-Covered along with Grant and edited by Denise the Longest Breakfast Table 2026
-Started an internship with New Horizons in Waterford. Our intern is William. He will be interviewing a New Horizons Executive.
-We will be covering the Mott and Kettering Football Backyard Battle under the lights at Waterford Mott HS
-Started a new franchise with Volunteer Jim called The Powers of Community Involvement. This is published weekly.
-Had meeting and brainstorm session with Justin Harnack who is Jane’s replacement at the Waterford School District.
-Covering the Waterford Youth Assistance Annual Meeting on Oct 19th at Overtyme Bar and Grill.
-Produced with Linda Zabik the Santa Clause commercial for the Oakland County Parade. This commercial airs on Comcast.
-Covering the Trustees, Planning and ZBA meetings has not been an issue so far. No issues.

Whitney Hunt, Senior Production Manager
Whitney is continuing “Let’s Talk All.The.Things” podcast. S5E7 discusses the connection to mental health and music.
Bingo has still been going very well. Since linking with Sunday night we have increased our attendance.
Continue to assist with Sandy Kay Seniorcise.
Continue directing Hello Waterford.
MNOWs VOD is still having sharing issues with no Thumbnail when shared to social media pages. There is a glitch when you click on
the “Playlist” tab. QR Codes are not sending viewers to the correct pages.
The Disgruntled Clown show has wrapped. We sadly lost John (The Clown). A memorial video is posted to Facebook.
Shows outside of Waterford are reaching out for us to run on our channel.
Side Note has picked up with more groups wanting to utilize more. We’ve had four shows film.
Covered Powers of Rock podcast.
Covered Two Guys Talk Sports shows.
Wildly Basic will be rebranding our content with a wider variety of topics and activities. Interviewed Alison from Park N Recs.
“What Burns My Chops” will be a podcast talking about anything and everything but with a fun twist.
Vanished Voices is about to start season 2. We are on Spotify along with the VOD platform and social media sites.
Other shows added to Spotify include, Wildly Basic and Let’s Talk thus far.
Waterford Off The Wall Co-directing shows.
Covered Built Local
Covered and editing Outlaws Baseball game.
Filmed two Powers Pow Wow shows.
Denise McLeod, Operations Manager
Copyright
A volunteer/Board member recently came to Josh with a concern regarding Music Now, a program that features full-length songs,
and the possibility that the Network could face a copyright claim or lawsuit as a result.
Music Now is a program I began producing last month. The concern prompted me to do some research into copyright and fair use,
and I believe this is an issue worth looking into—not just for Music Now, but because we have more than one music-oriented
program and other programming that incorporates copyrighted music.

One thing I came across is that it may be worthwhile to contact Comcast and AT&T directly and ask whether they have any music
licensing or blanket licensing arrangements that apply to the programming they carry, and, more importantly, whether those
arrangements extend to programming supplied by the Network.
My intention in raising this issue is not to suggest that Music Now or any other existing program is necessarily infringing copyright.
Rather, I think it would be prudent for the Network to determine what music rights and licenses we currently have, what they cover,
and whether there are any gaps that should be addressed.
Productions
· Township Board Meetings: Produced four meetings, including two special meetings.
· Waterford Off the Wall: Produced three shows, directing one and editing two.
· Refuge in the Word: Directed, edited, and posted two shows.
· Seniorcise: Directed, edited two shows.
· Husband & Wife: Directed, edited two shows
· Michigan Rocks: Set-up and edited two shows.
· The Journey Home: Produced two shows.
· Powers of Rock N Roll: Produced four shows.
· We the People: Set-up, directed, and edited one show. Wildly Basic: Edited one show. Waterford Parks & Recreation – Edited one
reel for social media on community center. Pancake Breakfast – Edited and posted on social media
Purchased
On 6.5 skeleton for Media Network Midnight Madness show that will play scary movies throughout the month of October. The
skeleton also makes appearances of other shows as he is officially a Network volunteer. Skeleton can be programmed to say
whatever you need him to say.

Waterford Township Cable Commission

Subscriber Complaint Report
PEG/Franchise Fee Report
Budget Year to Date Report
October 6, 2026

Cable Subscriber Complaints
No new complaints
No outstanding complaints

PEG and Franchise Fees
Year to Date

AT&T (DirectTV):

PEG 6.29% below projected
FRANCHISE – 5.78% above projected

Comcast:

PEG +7.9% above projected
FRANCHISE 6.34% above projected

Budget Report YTD

attached

25090-84905 PEG- PUBLIC Incorrectly coded. Encumbrances remaining should show $68,750.00 for the last payment of the year. Available budget
should reflect $0, and PCT Used should be 100%, not 125%.

From: Roy J. Akers
Date: 09, 21, 2026
Subject: Grant Request – From Sky View Sports/High Banked Fury/Double

Eagle Golf- Two Media Network shows from Roy J. Akers

In the proposed grant, Roy J. Akers will make cable/tv shows with
myself and studio guests. The shows will have both guests and some
stories.As for travel, Only I will travel for the purposes of the
grant. The interview and story subjects will be there as part of their
competition. The athletes, newsmakers will join my show for at least
a segment, Multiple news makers or a single news maker on each show.
I anticipate a half dozen shows, future segments remixed in future
shows and some segments that will be reutilized.
Proposed shoot Dates of the Shoots November 6-16th
An itemized breakdown of the cost $425 rt Frontier Airlines
Vehicle Rental $550 for ten days. These costs were researched on
September 17th, and will be finalized the day the grant is secured.
Sharing an RV in Miami Nov.6/9 Frontier Airlines Search on Sept. 17 No
Cost to the Network
Staying with a relative for Tampa/St.Pete Nov. 10-16 Search on Nov.
17 No Cost to the Network
Number of personnel that will utilize the grant. 1- Myself.
Date of event and/or production. Nov. 6-16
What will be the end result of utilizing the funds? Examples: Number
of shows, approx. 6 with many segments used again in new productions
to get as much as possible out of content.
New Skillsets. I will be doing segments with Bob Pockrass of Fox
Sports, personnel of MRN Radio, Dustin Long of USA Sports, John Dahl
of NASCAR and former Executive Producer at ESPN and currently VP in
charge of Content and producer of Earnhardt and various media members.
more productions. Also, Deb Williams will appear. She is the only
female reporter in the NASCAR Hall-of-Fame and writer for Autoweek.
New skillsets will include being exposed to new software to be used in
video productions.
Media Network will receive a copy of all finished projects to air on
Media Network.
Josh Bowren and myself will check content using quality control he
sets. etc. You must show how receiving a grant will help Media Network
of Waterford overall. Citizens in the community will be able to watch
content online and over the air. The trip will improve my storytelling
and show quality moving forward.
The content will be produced for starting the week I am there and will
continue for the first quarter of 2027. The skillsets learned will be
used moving forward.
The more information the Cable Commission has the better the odds for
approval.
I will be at the meeting and will answer any Cable Commision
questions.
Thank You,
Roy J. Akers
Waterford Citizen