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Town of Lexington
Communications Advisory Committee
Minutes of the Meeting of April 16, 2015
Call to order.
CAC Chair Ken Pogran called the meeting to order at 6:35 PM in the Parker Room,
Town Hall.
Members Present
: Ken Pogran, Chair; Dorinda Goodman; Smita Desai; Frank Cai; Maria Kieslich;
David Becker; Nick Lauriat; Steve Iverson and Ben Moroze.
Members Absent:
Linda Roemer
1.Review and VOTE to approve minutes, March 19 meeting – Minutes were approved subject to
typographical and grammatical amendments.
2.Service provider reports – None received.
3.Selectmen’s Report – None; Joe Pato and Suzie Barry could not attend.
4.Chairman’s report
a.Complaints Log – Ken will forward the updated log to Smita for the latest updates and
Smita will then forward the log back to Ken for future updates.
a.Ken submitted wireless suggestions including Wi-Fi proposal to board of Selectmen Ken
also requested the Committee members to forward any other suggestions to him to
include in the agenda for discussion at the next meeting on 5/21/2015.
5.LexMedia update – LexMedia representative Florence DelSanto was not present but had
forwarded an update to Ken.
a.The damage from winter ice was limited to paint damage and carpet cleaning.
b.The town had approved LexMedia’s planned sale of surplus equipment.
c.The faulty camera position at LHS had been fixed.
d.The quarterly report will be discussed at the next meeting on 5/21/2015 and the Working
Group will recommend using a template for the quarterly report and provide
recommendations on the format for the template.
6.PEG account balances, trends, and analysis - Dave Becker shared his analysis with the
Committee. An observation was the inclusion of two wage-related items in the account, which
should be charged only with cable-related items per the rules. This would be brought to the
attention of Suzie Barry – the Selectmen liaison.
Maria will send draft wording for communication with the Town Administration regarding
allocation and advisement on PEG funds.
7.Cable TV service in Town buildings – Dave Becker had received updates from two of the three
providers and will update the spreadsheet. Three boxes have been requested from each of the
providers.
8.Town IT updates – Dorinda mentioned that the requested funding had been received for capital
(for Wi-Fi in Cary Hall) and operating (VOIP) spending.
9.Improving cell phone coverage in Lexington
a.A working group was formed consisting of Dorinda Goodman, Ben Moroze, Frank Cai
and Ken Pogran.
b.First meeting of the working group will be held on May 7, 2015 at 4:30 PM at a location
to be determined.
c.The agenda would consist of –
i.Selectman’s goal-setting agenda.
ii.Conversion of voice transmission to VOLTE (Voice over LTE) and its adverse
impact on coverage
iii.How to measure QoS?
iv.Other items as the working group deemed fit.
10.Complaints – no complaints were received in March (Dave Becker) and April (Frank Cai). Maria
Kieslich will handle complaints in May and Linda Roemer in June.
11.New business - None.
Adjournment:
The meeting was adjourned at 8:05 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Smita Desai