HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-02-16-CAC-minTOWN OF LEXINGTON
COMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF FEBRUARY 16, 2012
Call to order. CAC Chair Jim Goell called the meeting to order at 6:50 PM in Room -
350 IMC of Jonas Clarke Middle School.
Present: CAC Members: Jim Goell, Chair; Ken Pogran; Linda Roemer; John Rudy;
Frank Cai; David Buczkowski. Others: George Burnell, Board of Selectmen; Florence
Delsanto, LexMedia.
1. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes. The minutes of the meeting of January 19
meeting were approved with a correction regarding LexMedia Board Members in
attendance.
2. Carrier Reports. None
3. Selectmen's Liaison Report. Mr. Burnell reported that the Selectmen had closed the
Comcast Public hearing.
4. Chairman's Report.
a. A Verizon representative will attend the March CAC meeting.
b. The new Business Development Officer will attend the March CAC meeting.
c. Mr Goell received an email from AT &T Wireless and spoke with one of their
engineers. A question arose as to whether Town approvals are required for
antennas on poles. Mr. Goell will speak with Peter Epstein about this. We will
investigate kind of modifications to present antennas require additional approvals.
d. The next meeting was scheduled for March 15, 2012 in Room G -15 Town Hall.
5. LexMedia Report Response. Ms. Delsanto had no objection to the report which was
then approved by unanimous vote upon motion by Mr. Buczkowski and second by Mr.
Pogran.
6. LexMedia Backup Server Location. Ms. Goodman sent a note to the Chair. She
wanted to know if backups could take place during night time hours and on weekends.
7. Storm Outage Refunds. Mr. Rudy reported that vendor documents are "wishy-
washy" on the subject but RCN and Comcast do provide refunds in certain cases. Verizon
was the least beneficial of all. Mr. Rudy will contact the Towns' website administrator to
see about having something posted on the subject.
8. WiFi Recommendations. Mr. Pogran submitted his final report to the CAC which was
discussed. Mr. Pogran and Mr. Goell met with the Lexington Center Committee. There
was a good discussion after Mr. Pogran presented the WiFi report. The LCC seemed to
understand the conclusion and tacitly agreed with it. A small edit regarding the origin of
the report was suggested. The report was then unanimously approved upon the motion of
Mr. Buczkowski and second by Ms. Roemer.
9. Comcast Negotiations. A report of the January 26, 2012 public hearing was given by
Mr. Buczkowski.
10. Wireless Report. Mr. Cai reported that there were no new applications.
11. Complaints. Ms. Roemer reported that there were no complaints.
12. Adjournment. The meeting was adjourned at 7:25 PM upon motion by Mr.
Buczkowski and second by Mr. Pogran.
Respectfully submitted,
David J. Buczkowski