Princeton Broadband Committee
Meeting Minutes December 18, 2013 7:03pm - Town Hall Office, Princeton, MA
Chris Lynch from Matrix Design also attended.
Committee Members Present:
Steve Cullen
Phil O’Brien
Bill Dino
Petr Spacek
Stan Moss
Ned Utzig
Discussion
- Approved minutes for 11/20 and 12/2.
- Stan reported that the Board of Selectman rescinded vote to appoint members of BBC to the Cable Advisory Committee and instead extend the charter of the BBC to include cable advisory tasks, including: informing and educating the public about cable; soliciting ideas regarding possible services to be derived from the cable system; assisting in preparing the Issuing Authority Report; and assisting in the analysis of applicants.
The BOS also agreed not to change the name of the committee.
- BBC voted to schedule next meeting for 1/8. Stan to inquire whether the Axia representative could attend on 1/8.
- Stan proposed end of January as a deadline for the cable licensing process applicants to give an initial response on interest in providing cable service to town. Discussion on the timeframe.
- Vote on recommendation to BOS to initiate Cable TV Franchising process on December 30th (Passed Unanimously)
- Vote on setting due date for initial responses from potential Cable TV franchise licensees Thursday Jan 30th at 2PM at the town hall. (Passed with Majority vote)
- Discussion on BOS request for budget estimates for 2014. Phil will work up numbers for funding needed for community outreach / communication.
- Stan showed the design map from Bay State Networks. Total invoice from Bay State Networks was $3600.00. Committee vote to approve and accept the design on behalf of the town. (Passed Unanimously)
- Committee agreed to discuss provision of additional network design information from Holyoke Gas & Electric. Stan will discuss with Tim Haas.
- MBI connection discussion. Stan will call MBI for an update; December date given previously for lighting Princeton’s fiber is almost certainly moved out.
- Action Items
- Post delivered design news item to web site. (Phil/Rich)
- Talk to Tim Haas regarding network design services. (Stan)
- Call MBI and get a revised estimate for network activation (Stan)
- Send design info to Comcast (Steve)
- Budget estimation / request for 2014 (Phil)
- Send voting decisions regarding cable licensing and network to John L. (Ned)
Upcoming Agenda Items
- Meeting with Axia representative.
Meeting adjourned 8:20PM
Respectfully submitted,
Ned Utzig
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