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COMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE LEXINGTON
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF FEBRUARY 16, 2023
CONDUCTED BY REMOTE PARTICIPATION
1. Call to order and roll call.
Communications Advisory Committee (CAC) Chair Kenneth Pogran called the meeting to order
at 6:37 PM and called the roll. The meeting was conducted remotely via Zoom.
Members Present (via Zoom): Ken Pogran, Chair; Dave Becker, Dave Buczkowski, Smita
Desai, Dorinda Goodman, P.K. Shiu, Rita Vachani.
Members Absent: Ramin Taraz, Nick Lauriat, Steve Kaufman, Bob Avallone.
Quorum: A quorum of members was present.
Others Present: Florence DelSanto (LexMedia), Kerry Morris (Comcast)
Materials Referenced: Draft Minutes of the January 19, 2023, CAC meeting, Draft CAC
Response_LexMedia Financial Audit FY 2022, Draft Response to LexMedia 2023Q1 Report,
Draft Response to LexMedia 2023 Q2 Report.
2. Review and VOTE to approve minutes of the CAC January 19, 2023, meeting
The draft minutes of the January 19, 2023, meeting were approved unanimously by roll-call vote.
3. Select Board liaison report: Doug Lucente
Doug Lucente was not present, and no report was provided.
4. Service provider reports
Kerry Morris from a Comcast was present. She indicated that she would be the contact person
and would also participate in upcoming contract negotiations.
5. Chairman's Report: Ken Pogran
Ken Pogran reminded the committee members to complete the ethics and conflict of interest law
acknowledgement and training when due.
K. Pogran asked the committee members about their preference for remote vs. in-person
meeting.
K. Pogran mentioned that Peter Epstein who had provided legal services until now was stepping
back from his role and the new counsel would be Bill August.
K. Pogran said that B. August had mentioned of a recent court decision indicating that the PEG
capital funding was not part of in-kind contributions and did not count against the 5% cap on
Franchise Fees.
K. Pogran requested F. DelSanto of LexMedia to provide a multi-year capital plan. The
LexMedia will review this and bring up for discussion at the next meeting.
6. PEG finances update—Rita Vachani
R. Vachani presented that there was a 3.5% decline in subscriber numbers for Q1 and Q2
FY2023. The Committee has requested supplemental funding of$100,000 from the town for
FY2024. This supplemental funding will increase over the next several years to cover the
shortfall in PEG revenue.
7. LexMedia items
Florence DelSanto mentioned that LexMedia had produced a news program and covered MLK
Day celebrations.
8. Review LexMedia FY22 financial report— Smita Desai, Rita Vachani
R. Vachani said that there were no questions regarding the FY22 financial report.
9. LexMedia FY23 Q1 and Q2 reports— Smita Desai, Rita Vachani
The FY2023 Q1 and Q2 reports were reviewed by the Committee, and the CAC response to the
report was unanimously approved.
10. Comcast cable television license renewal update—Ken Pogran, P.K. Shin, Dave Becker,
Dave Buczkowski, Nick Lauriat
K. Pogran mentioned that the license renewal negotiation was currently in the ascertainment
phase.
11. Town IT update—Dorinda Goodman
D. Goodman stated that the landline phone service restoration was taking longer than expected.
D Goodman indicated that the preparations for new police department building were proceeding
to plan.
D. Goodman said that the town-wide fiber installation would require network redesign. It will be
owned by the town and will include built-in redundancy.
12. Wireless facility applications—Ken Pogran, Nick Lauriat
Ken Pogran said that he wasn't aware of any wireless applications.
13. Complaints
There were no complaints in January.
14. Adjourn
The meeting was adjourned at 7:45 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Smita Desai
Recording Secretary