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TOWN OF LEXINGTON
COMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF FEBRUARY 19, 2015
Call to order.
CAC Chair Ken Pogran called the meeting to order at 6:36 PM in the
Parker Room (G-15), Town Hall.
Present:
CAC Members: Ken Pogran, Chair; Dorinda Goodman; Dave Becker; Nick
Lauriat; Linda Roemer; and David Buczkowski. Others: Joseph Pato, Selectman;
Florence DelSanto, LexMedia; and Ben Moroze, candidate for CAC.
CAC Members Absent:
Frank Cai; Smita Desai; Steve Iverson; Maria Kieslich
Materials Passed out:
January 15, 2015 draft meeting minutes, meeting agenda
Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes.
The minutes of the meeting of January 15, 2015 upon motion to approve, second were
unanimously approved.
1.Carrier Reports
No reports were received nor were any representatives present. The Chair stated that
Tom Steel and Jill Reddish would attend the next meeting. Mr. Steel will speak about
net neutrality. Ms. Roemer wants Ms. Reddish to talk about a la carte programming.
The Chair noted that Verizon is still stuck on Multiple Dwelling Units (MDUs)
probably due to building management not wanting to complete negotiations.
2.Selectman’s Report – Joe Pato
The Town of Concord (Carmen Reiss) has asked for assistance in drafting an RFP for
an access provider. Lynne Pease sent the URL for the Town’s RFP.
Selectman Suzie Barry has been added as a second liaison to the CAC.
4. Chairman’s Report
a.Ben Moroze was present as a candidate for Committee membership.
b.The Complaint log is in the process of getting up to date. Mr. Becker forwarded it
to Mr. Iverson who will now send it to Ms. Desai.
c.The two newest cable contracts are on Ms. Pease’s list to add to the website.
5. LexMedia Update
Ms. DelSanto stated that she will only plan to attend when reports are due to be
discussed.
Ms. DelSanto received a report from Pat Goddard that the bid for Cary Hall came in
about $40,000.00 (from the $206K PEG funding) under what was budgeted. She
would request permission to install a camera in the Estabrook Room and maybe the
Bird Room.
The LexMedia offices are suffering leaks from snow on the roof. The editing
machines will have to be moved. Discussions are ongoing with Avalon and the
insurance carrier.
6. LexMedia Oversight
LexMedia is in the process of changing over to the HD server. Once that happens the
website will offer HD. LexMedia will put a pdf of the old complaints up on the
website. Complaints will now be listed with the most recent ones appearing first.
LexMedia does not currently track what new people that have been trained are doing
programming-wise. Employee costs are down a couple of thousand dollars. There
have been 840 downloads of the app. A motion to approve the report was made,
seconded and unanimously approved. The Chair will formally transmit the report to
LexMedia.
7. PEG Account Balances, Trends & Analysis
Mr. Becker presented a history of the Access Corporation and on the carriers’ 5% (of
cable revenues) “PEG” payments that supports it.
8. Town IT Updates
Nothing new. Ms. Goodman did report that there had been a major telephone outage
at the Town offices and the schools that affected VOIP lines. The Town’s vender,
Windstream, had a major outage. The system was down for four days. However, it
appeared that the town’s major issues were due to a Verizon outage.
9. Improving Cell Phone coverage in Lexington
Nothing new to report. However, Mr. Becker reported that David Kantor, a former
committee member, provided Mr. Becker with Kantor’s files on the subject from 10
years ago
10. Complaints
None for January 2015 as Ms. Desai was not present. None for February 2015. The
November 2014 complaint handled by Mr. Iverson regarding Comcast was declared
resolved.
11. New Member Application
Mr. Moroze was introduced to the CAC and vice versa. A lively discussion ensued.
Upon the conclusion that Mr. Moroze met the CAC’s requirements, a motion to
recommend him as a new member to the selectmen was made, seconded and
unanimously approved.
12. New business
None
13. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 8:16 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
David J. Buczkowski