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COMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2025
CONDUCTED BY REMOTE PARTICIPATION
Members Present: Kenneth Pogran, Chair; Bob Avalone, David Buczkowski, Dorinda
Goodman, Steve Kaufman, Sreeni Chippada, Rita Vachani, David Becker, Smita Desai.
Members Absent: Shabbir Bagasrawala, Nick Lauriat.
Quorum: A quorum of members was present.
Others Present: Florence DelSanto (LexMedia).
Materials Referenced: Minutes of the meeting of June 24, 2025; CAC Select Board
Presentation.
1. Call to order and roll call
Ken Pogran called the meeting to order at 6:34 PM and conducted the roll call.
2. Review and VOTE to approve minutes of the June 24 meeting.
Approval of minutes was postponed until the next meeting as Shabbir was absent.
3. Service Provider Reports
None were present and hence no update.
4. Chairman's Report
a. 2025-2026 meeting schedule.
October meeting is rescheduled to October 30, 2025.
b. Committee reappointments
David Buczkowski, Ken Pogran and Rita Vachani were reappointed to the
Committee.
c. Recording secretary and complaints assignments
Ken Pogran will update complaints assignments through 2026 and will also send
them to the Select Board.
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d. Working group assignments
Cable Licensing - David Buczkowski, David Becker, Nick Lauriat, Ken Pogran.
Need to add one more member. Anyone interested should let Ken Pogran know.
LexMedia Oversight- Bob Avalone, Rita Vachani, Smita Desai.
PEG Finances —Rita Vachani. Need to add one more member. Anyone interested
should let Ken Pogran know.
Wireless Services - Steve Kaufman, Dorinda Goodman, Ken Pogran, Shabbir
Bagasrawala.
e. Committee chairmanship
Ken indicated that he would like to step down as Chair at the end of 2025, and
any member interested in serving as Chair should let him know.
5. LexMedia update—Florence DelSanto
The highlight of summer was activity by kids. They made a movie and were involved
in all stages of movie making -from writing, editing, acting, and promoting. The
movie was shown to the kids and their parents.
The podcast room has been busy and was used for various programs including by a
pharmaceutical company for their corporate podcast.
LexLocal will be filmed at the Historical Society.
The big cooking show will have Persian cooking lessons.
6. Verizon license renewal update
Verizon license expires on October 31, 2026. The ascertainment process was
completed in June 2025. No members of public were present at the ascertainment
hearing on June 24. Three to four emails were received from members of the public.
Verizon emphasizes the changes to the license agreement rather than the
ascertainment report and the license negotiation process will begin soon.
7. Wireless Working Group Update
Steve Kaufman mentioned that Verizon is seeking to install three cell sites in town.
The proposal will be presented to the Select Board.
8. Review and VOTE to approve CAC contribution to the Town Annual Report
The Committee unanimously approved the CAC contribution to the Town Annual
Report.
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9. IT Update
Dorinda Goodman mentioned the plans to migrate town employees to Microsoft 365
subscription, to be renewed annually.
10. Complaints
No complaints were received during the summer.
11. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 7:40 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Smita Desai
Recording Secretary
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