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April 21, 2010
I. Call to order
Sandra Peavey called to order the regular meeting of the Hingham CAC at 7:30 pm on 4/21/2010 in Hingham Town Hall.
II. Roll call
Eric Connerly conducted a roll call. The following persons were present: Eric Dresser, Jim Dellot, Sandra Peavey, Eric Gauthier, Amy Goebel and Eric Connerly. Also present: government channel employee Kate Richardsson
Not present: Katy Gallagher-Wooley, Rob Kirk
III. Open issues
a) Town meeting warrants
The committee planned its response at town meeting to the discussion of the warrants relating to the town's cable service.
b) Comcast transmission issues
Kathy Maloney from Comcast is requesting $8,000 to allocate an extra channel – which was provided for free in the contract. There are various quality issues with channel transmission and Comcast is deferring allocation of an additional channel for the public material. Mr. Connerly moved and Ms. Peavey seconded a motion to instruct Special Counsel Bill August to write a letter to Comcast indicating that the company is in violation of the contract with the town. UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED
c) Town Meeting
Various solutions to recording town meeting were discussed. The CCTV system in the high school has been broken for awhile, requiring $1950 to repair.
d) Programming on the government channel
Ms. Richardsson indicated that there were many opportunities for programming in the next few weeks, but that a standard form for submission on the bulletin board was missing. The committee discussed options for recording events relating to Hingham's 375th anniversary. Ms. Peavey moved and Ms. Goebel seconded approval of an expenditure of $35 for Ms. Richardsson to join Mass Access, the coalition of PEG corporations in the Commonwealth.
e) Equipment for town hall
Ms. Peavey moved and Mr. Dellot seconded a motion to install a telephone in the cable office for $300. UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
Mr. Dellot moved and Mr. Gauthier seconded a motion authorizing the installation of a cable jack in the Board of Selectmen's room for transmission of content to the cable equipment. UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
f) Next Meeting scheduled for May 5th at 7pm.
IV. Adjournment
Ms. Peavey adjourned the meeting at 9:00 pm.
Minutes submitted by: Eric Connerly