MINUTES

CABLE TELEVISION

LOCAL ACCESS COMMISSION

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2002

The Thursday, January 7, 2002 meeting of the Cable Television Local Access Commission was called to order at 5:00 p.m.  On call of the roll, members present were:  Schacht, Schroeder, and Stevens. Absent: Didion and Oppermann.  Also present were:  School District Technology Director David Pierce, School District Superintendent Scott Pierce and City Administrator Schornack.

AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY AND SCHOOL DISTRICT

City Administrator Schornack stated that since the last meeting that City Attorney Scheibel had been on vacation and had not had a chance to prepare the proposed agreement between the City of Jefferson and the Jefferson School District.  City Administrator Schornack did state that the items that were talked about to be included in the agreement were listed in the minutes of January 17, 2002.  City Administrator Schornack asked the Committee if there were any other items that the Committee felt at this time that should be included.  School District Superintendent Scott Pierce stated that there should be some language in the agreement stating what would happen to the equipment if the agreement were to be terminated.  The consensus of the Committee would to put wording into the agreement that the City would own the equipment and, therefore, the equipment would be the property of the City.

Oppermann joined the meeting at 5:10 p.m.

POSITION DESCRIPTION FOR VIDEO PRODUCTION MANAGER

The consensus of the Committee was that the position description looked good.  City Administrator Schornack stated that he had used the sample position description from David Pierce for a Video Production Manager and incorporated that position description into the format that the City of Jefferson was now using for its position descriptions.  Stevens asked some questions relating to the reporting relationship for the Video Production Manager and stated that this needs to be clearly defined and also who would be giving the performance evaluation of the Video Production Manager needed to also be defined.  City Administrator Schornack stated that he would add these items to the position description and bring the description back at the next Committee meeting for review.

CABLE TV BUDGET

City Administrator Schornack stated that he had prepared a proposed budget for the Cable Television Local Access Department and stated that this is a very, very rough draft.  The Committee asked if the franchise fees from the Village of Sullivan were included in these numbers and City Administrator Schornack stated that they weren't at this time and that they were estimated to be about $4,000.  City Administrator Schornack stated that he would add these to the projected revenues.  There was some discussion at the Committee level that the feeling was that the City was receiving more than $50,000 in franchise fees and City Administrator Schornack stated that it was his belief that over the last twelve months that these fees actually amounted to slightly under $50,000 but that for the next twelve months they will be slightly more as Charter was increasing their base rates.  The consensus was to raise the revenues from franchise fees to $56,000 which would include $52,000 from the City of Jefferson and approximately $4,000 from the Village of Sullivan.  It was also discussed about raising the $300 in miscellaneous revenue to $1,000 as David Pierce felt that there would be enough tape sales to justify on a 12 month basis budgeting $1,000 for miscellaneous revenues. Telephone expense item was taken down from the $500 in the proposed budget to $300 and the services to maintain office equipment was raised from $200 to $400.  The City Administrator Schornack stated that he would revise the proposed budget and would bring it back to the Committee meeting for further review.

Scheduling of Next meeting

The next meeting of the Cable Television Local Access Commission would be March 28, 2002 at 5:00 p.m. in the Mayor's Office.

MINUTES

Schacht, seconded by Schroeder moved to approve the minutes from January 17, 2002 meeting of the Cable Television Local Access Commission. 

Schacht, seconded by Schroeder moved to adjourn the February 7, 2002 meeting of the Cable Television Local Access Commission.  The motion carried unanimously.

Motion by Didion, seconded by Schroeder to adjourn the January 17, 2002 meeting of the Cable Television Local Access Commission.  The motion carried unanimously.