A Sacramento County government agency abruptly ended a meeting Thursday without discussing all items on its agenda, which included approving a budget for public media nonprofits.
The Sacramento Metropolitan Cable Television Commission had its fifth and final meeting for this year to approve money allocations for institutions such as Capital Public Radio, KVIE, Access Sacramento and the Sacramento Educational Cable Consortium. Both Access Sacramento and the Sacramento Educational Cable Consortium leaders long awaited Thursday’s meeting to learn if their organizations could remain afloat next year.
The commissioners’ decision to end Thursday’s meeting comes as nonprofits scrambled under what they called poor communication from county staff. In September, both Access Sacramento and SECC were told of a crippling budget projection just days before a meeting. Joe Barr, the board chairman for Access Sacramento, said the Sacramento Metropolitan Cable Television Commission’s executive director had not contacted him to discuss Thursday’s budget item in the days leading up to it. Barr later said he and the director talked on Wednesday…