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TOWN OF LEXINGTON <br /> COMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE <br /> MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF JUNE 15, 2020 <br /> Call to order. Communications Advisory Committee (CAC) Chair Kenneth Pogran called the <br /> meeting to order at 6:05 PM, held remotely via Zoom teleconferencing. <br /> Members Present: Ken Pogran, Chair; Bob Avallone, Dave Becker, Dave Buczkowski, Smita <br /> Desai, Dorinda Goodman, Nick Lauriat, Ben Moroze, PK Shiu, Ramin Taraz, Rita Vachani <br /> Quorum: A quorum of members was present. <br /> Others Present: Florence DelSanto - LexMedia, Ryan Voto - LexMedia, Jim Shaw—LexMedia <br /> Materials Referenced: Draft minutes of the meeting of February 20, 2020; LexMedia draft <br /> contract; CAC LexMedia Contract Select Board presentation; June 2020 PEG Revenue & <br /> Expenses report <br /> 1. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes. <br /> The draft minutes of the meeting of February 20, 2020 were unanimously approved. <br /> 2. Review LexMedia Grant Agreement draft <br /> The current LexMedia contract with the Town expires end of June. The Town did not <br /> need to do a full competitive RFP for this contract. <br /> a. Contract terms <br /> The contract terms were updated and simplified from the last contract. Technical <br /> updates were made. The CAC reviewed the contract by section. <br /> b. Scope of Services <br /> Changes in educational access programming and governmental access <br /> programming requirements were discussed. <br /> It was noted that the Kline Hall sublease language seemed to be missing <br /> approval will be subject to getting that language and fixing other minor typos; <br /> The contract plans for a flat budget; capital has been cut back;payment schedules <br /> with town were discussed. <br /> A final performance assessment was not yet done--proposed executing a contract <br /> amendment to drop this requirement for the current contract which ends in June, <br /> 2020. No objections were raised by the CAC. <br /> c. Financial plan <br /> Ms. Vachani presented updated financial charts for FY 2020. Revenue dropped <br /> 2% in '20. Subscriber counts from Verizon, RCN, dropped; revenue from <br /> subscribers is no longer sufficient to cover expenses, and is short by about <br /> $42,000 for FY20 <br />