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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCable TV - 1998 - 10_08MINUTES CABLE TV AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 8, 1998 - 7:00 P.M. BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Sherry Delling Bill Kapka Remy Tholen Eric Willard Doug Dreggors Carl Johnson (Arrived late) BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: Don Wing STAFF PRESENT: Michael Stanger, Acting City Manager Ann Maas, Administrative Secretary OTHERS PRESENT: Eric Cohen, Major Account Executive for Sage Telecom Gary Nuttle, Vice -President of Technology for Sage Telecom CALL TO ORDER With a quorum of the committee present, the regular meeting of the Allen Cable TV and Telecommunications Advisory Committee was called to order by Vice -Chairperson Doug Dreggors at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 8, 1998, at the Municipal Amex Conference Room, One Butler Circle, Allen, Texas. The following items were discussed: II. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE SEPTEMBER 10, 1998, REGULAR MEETING. MOTION: Eric Willard made a motion to approve the minutes as written for the September 10, 1998, meeting. Sherry Delling seconded. The Motion carried 5 for, and 0 against. None present. Eric Cohen and Gary Nuttle of Sage Telecom made a presentation about the new phone service Sage is now offering in our area. Mr. Nuttle advised that Sage does not put loops in the ground. They lease the lines from SWB, and are the first umbased provider in the state. They are based in McKinney The following is a recap of the presentation: Residential line base cost is $19 per month (no additional charge for EAS) with 50 minutes of long distance included; each additional minute is 10 cents. Cap Rock is the long distance provider for Sage Calling cards are available. One bill for local and long distance service. Business line base cost is $35 per month and this includes 100 minutes of long distance service. (no additional charge for EAS) ISDN lines are billed at SWB rates less a 10% discount plus 100 free minutes of long distance. Long distance minutes are accumulated and applied per customer per month, not per line. After fielding several questions from the Committee, Mr. Cohen and Mr. Nuttle then left the meeting. IV. ELECT COMMITTEE OFFICERS Doug Dreggors, Vice-chairman called for nominations from the floor with the following results: MOTION: Eric Willard made a motion to re-elect Don Wing as Chairperson. Carl Johnson seconded. The motion carried 6 for, and 0 against. MOTION: Carl Johnson made a motion to re-elect Doug Dreggors as Vice - Chairperson. Bill Kapka seconded. The motion carried 6 for, and 0 against. MOTION: Carl Johnson made a motion to elect Eric Willard as Secretary Remy Tholen seconded. The motion carried 6 for, and 0 against. V. ANNUAL READING OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ORDINANCE Eric Willard read the Cable Ordinance as prescribed in the Committee's by-laws. CTTAC Minutes October 8, 1998 Page 2 III. CITIZENS' COMMENTS None present. Eric Cohen and Gary Nuttle of Sage Telecom made a presentation about the new phone service Sage is now offering in our area. Mr. Nuttle advised that Sage does not put loops in the ground. They lease the lines from SWB, and are the first umbased provider in the state. They are based in McKinney The following is a recap of the presentation: Residential line base cost is $19 per month (no additional charge for EAS) with 50 minutes of long distance included; each additional minute is 10 cents. Cap Rock is the long distance provider for Sage Calling cards are available. One bill for local and long distance service. Business line base cost is $35 per month and this includes 100 minutes of long distance service. (no additional charge for EAS) ISDN lines are billed at SWB rates less a 10% discount plus 100 free minutes of long distance. Long distance minutes are accumulated and applied per customer per month, not per line. After fielding several questions from the Committee, Mr. Cohen and Mr. Nuttle then left the meeting. IV. ELECT COMMITTEE OFFICERS Doug Dreggors, Vice-chairman called for nominations from the floor with the following results: MOTION: Eric Willard made a motion to re-elect Don Wing as Chairperson. Carl Johnson seconded. The motion carried 6 for, and 0 against. MOTION: Carl Johnson made a motion to re-elect Doug Dreggors as Vice - Chairperson. Bill Kapka seconded. The motion carried 6 for, and 0 against. MOTION: Carl Johnson made a motion to elect Eric Willard as Secretary Remy Tholen seconded. The motion carried 6 for, and 0 against. V. ANNUAL READING OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ORDINANCE Eric Willard read the Cable Ordinance as prescribed in the Committee's by-laws. P CTTAC Minutes October 8, 1998 Page 3 VI. DISCUSS TELECOMMUNICATION PLAN Michael Stanger led a discussion on the need to move forth with a plan or policy and towards this end, gave an overview of policy governance which the City Council has adopted. After discussion the Committee decided to go further with the review of policy governance and will begin by going over each of the ends policies as listed under policy 1.0 over the course of the next five meetings. The first title for discussion will be "Safety " Mr. Stanger advised he would send a copy of additional information on policy governance to each Committee member prior to the next meeting, and he advised the Committee of a web page, which is a good source of additional information on policy governance: www.carvergovernance.com VII. OTHER BUSINESS A. TCI Compliance with Franchise Agreement. Upgrade is in progress and should be available to everyone by December 1. Eric Willard questioned if a survey of residents was going to be done with the funds from liquidated damages, which TCI paid. Michael Stanger advised the decision was to put the money into the City's Cable channel where it would benefit all subscribers. B. Items of Interest to the Committee. None. C. Calendar Next Regular Meeting Thursday, November 8, 1998, in the Municipal Annex Conference Room at 7:00 p.m. VIII. ADJOURN MOTION: Eric Willard moved to adjourn the meeting. Carl Johnson seconded. The motion carried with 6 for, and 0 against. This meeting was adjourned at 8:35 p.m. CTTAC Minutes October 8, 1998 Page 4 P These minutes read and approved this 12th day of November, 1998. Don Wing, Chairman — I tc W' lard, Secretary