MASHPEE CABLE AND ADVANCED
TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY BOARD
MINUTES OF MEETING HELD
TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 2013
TOWN HALL – OCKWAY MEETING ROOM
Present: Peter Cohen
Andrew Eliason
Lolita McCray
Also Present: Tom Mayo, Assistant Town Manager
David DelVecchio, Director of Information Technology
Audience: Dan Riley – Mashpee resident
Peter Cohen, Chairman, called the meeting of the MCAT Board to order at 1 p.m.
Roll Call was taken.
Approval of Minutes
Lolita McCray motioned to accept the minutes of the meeting of February 12, 2013 as amended; Andrew Eliason seconded the motion.
VOTE: Yes-2; 1-Abstain.
Roll Call Vote: Andrew Eliason, yes Lolita McCray, yes Peter Cohen, abstain.
Budget Status Update
Andrew Eliason reported there is no update for this month.
Mashpee Community TV
Lolita McCray reported that she went to the Senior Center Mashpee TV presentation hosted by Amy Davies and Amy did a very thorough job and explained what Mashpee TV is doing and plans to do. Lolita feels Amy will be a great asset in this position.
Andrew Eliason reported that Amy Davies has tackled the info structure here at Town Hall and has implemented some changes in the right direction. Amy provided a user manual with specific operating procedures for the Control Room. Andrew said it was suggested to Amy that she review and revise the shut-down procedure for the Control Room. Andrew feels Amy is doing a very good job; things are all positive thus far.
Andrew suggested MCAT Board give Amy an open invitation to come to our meetings. Peter Cohen will send Amy an e-mail and ask her to keep our meetings on her schedule so that she may attend whenever she’s available.
IT Updates/Requests
Tom Mayo addressed the Board and said Joyce Mason had alerted MCAT at a past meeting that there was the probability requests for funds would be coming to MCAT. Tom and David DelVecchio posed the following funding requests:
Open Cape Laterals - $25,000
Tom stated that Open Cape owns the main trunk line and Mashpee would own the laterals. The benefit of the Town providing these laterals would be stability and new, vastly improved band width. Tom said this is a very conservative ballpark figure…Mashpee’s cost may be significantly less. Andrew Eliason asked what the advantage to the public would be. David DelVecchio said the ultimate advantage to people on the Cape is this would provide emergency situation access for Police and Fire Departments.
Tom Mayo commented that if this grows and comes to neighborhoods, it will provide faster speed to users. Tom noted that Open Cape is non-profit.
Motion: Andrew Eliason motioned MCAT recommends the Board of Selectmen approve allocating $25,000 for Open Cape Laterals as requested by the IT Department; Lolita McCray seconded the motion.
VOTE: Yes-3.
Roll Call Vote: Andrew Eliason, yes Lolita McCray, yes Peter Cohen, yes
Remote Access - $25,000
David DelVecchio explained that this remote access for the Police Department would provide the same type of informational access that the Fire Department uses in their vehicles.
Motion: Lolita McCray motioned MCAT recommends the Board of Selectmen approve the remote access capability as presented in the amount of $25,000; Andrew Eliason seconded the motion.
VOTE: Yes-3.
Roll Call Vote: Andrew Eliason, yes Lolita McCray, yes Peter Cohen, yes
Wireless Backbone Upgrade for Schools - $30,000
David DelVecchio explained that the schools need backbone upgrade. As an example, if using wireless device at Quashnet School and walking through the facility they need to sign in multiple times due to cable issues. David said some of the costs connected with this backbone upgrade might be for contractor to do some of the physical work. There was a lengthy discussion and it was stressed that it should be made clear that for this project this is a one-time MCAT funding of the project only. Tom Mayo said that is understood.
Motion: Andrew Eliason motioned MCAT recommends the Board of Selectmen allocate $30,000 to begin implementation of the wireless backbone upgrade for the School Department. Lolita McCray seconded the motion.
VOTE: Yes-3.
Roll Call Vote: Andrew Eliason, yes Lolita McCray, yes Peter Cohen, yes
David DelVecchio said last October MCAT approved $14,000 funding for IT and final cost amounted to $7,000. MCAT said when a future IT request is considered, MCAT will then re-allocate this $7,000.
Final comments by Board members or public
Dan Riley introduced himself to the Board and said he met Lola at the Senior Center Mashpee TV presentation and she suggested he attend an MCAT meeting. He said he is interested in participating and becoming a member of MCAT. He said he moved to Mashpee a year and a half ago from Arlington. He mentioned that Arlington has 3 cable carriers—RCN, Verizon and Comcast. Mr. Riley said he has designed and developed online web-based training for those in the military. Mr. Riley said he will send a letter of interest to serve on the MCAT Board to the Board of Selectmen.
Following the informal discussion/interview with Dan Riley, the MCAT Board unanimously agreed to recommend to the Board of Selectmen to appoint Mr. Riley to the MCAT Board when they receive his letter. Peter Cohen will send a letter to the Selectmen advising of the Board’s recommendation.
Next Meeting…The next MCAT meeting is to be held 1 p.m. on Tuesday, April 9, 2013, Town Hall Waquoit Meeting Room.
Adjournment…Lolita McCray motioned to adjourn the meeting; Andrew Eliason seconded the motion; and the motion unanimously passed. The meeting adjourned at 2 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Jean Giliberti
Recording Secretary
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