Cable
Advisory Council
P. O. Box 87
Newtown, Connecticut
MINUTES
Public
Regular Meeting - Tuesday, January 22, 2002
Brookfield Town Hall, Brookfield
There was a regular meeting of the Cable Advisory Council called to order
at 7:41 p.m. January 22, 2002 by Chairperson, Carl DeVoe at the Brookfield
Town Hall, Board of Education Curriculum Room, Brookfield, Connecticut.
ATTENDEES:
Fred Standt, Treasurer, Jeff Jorgenson, John Danscuk, Jill Zaloski, Leslie
Siegel, Eileen Sundstrom, Eugene Rosen, Judith Eslami, John Sabo, Carl
DeVoe, Chairperson. For Charter: John Dee, Dick Elwell, Greg Van Antwerp.
Public: K. Arnot.
PUBLIC
INPUT:
No public input.
APPROVAL
OF MINUTES:
A motion to accept the Minutes of the October 9, 2001 meeting as submitted
was made by J. Danscuk and seconded by J. Zaloski and carried unanimously.
TREASURER'S
REPORT:
Fred Standt issued the Treasurer's Report
Opening balance of the checking Account (11/14/01). . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . $ 337.83
CHECKS WRITTEN: Newtown Secretarial Svc. (#159 -$269.84)
Newtown Secretarial Svc. (#160 -$48.59)
Newtown Secretarial Svc. (#161 -$208.09)
Transfer money from money market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 500.00
Closing balance 1/22/02. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 325.31
Opening Balance on the Money Market Account (11/13/01) . . . . . . . .
. . $ 10,982.99
Interest 10/30/01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.02
Transfer to checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00
Interest 11/29/01) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.59
Closing Balance (1/22/02) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 10,515.60
1 yr. plus CD @ $10,000 + $758.33 int. to date = $10,758.33
TOTAL
FUNDS = $21,599.44
MOTION
to accept as submitted was made by J. Danscuk, seconded by J. Eslami and
carried unanimously. In addition a motion to accept the Treasurer’s
Report of 10/9/01 was made by J. Danscuk, seconded by J. Zaloski and carried
unanimously.
COMMUNICATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE:
C. DeVoe indicated a letter had been received from the Pomperaug Regional
School District (Southbury), stating that Mr. John Sabo had been appointed
to serve on the Cable Advisory Council. Additionally, correspondence was
received from Ada Faugno of Trumbull and Donald and Cynthia Ward of Woodbury,
regarding customer service issues. These letters were given to John Dee
for handling, and he will report back to the council on resolution of
these issues. Correspondence was also received from the DPUC, indicating
approval of new rates effective February 2002; from the OCC, postponing
the late filing hearing to January 29, 2002; and a letter from State regarding
programming changes; CATV reports, programming and rate changes. C. DeVoe
also reviewed the events of the DPUC hearing in New Britain regarding
refranchising. He indicated the DPUC had 17 questions on which late filings
were to be done.
CHARTER
COMMUNICATIONS REPORT:
J Dee indicated the Heritage Village construction project was complete.
He noted that some of the customers wanted to add HSN, QVC and CSpan to
their line-up. He has presented them with a proposal and is awaiting their
response. J. Dee indicated Charter has added 10 to 12 customer service
representatives since September, which has improved response time on the
telephones. He also indicated they had received approval on the additional
10,000 square feet of space in the new building. J. Dee indicated the
new Video on Demand service had been launched. G. Van Antwerp distributed
the Public Access rules and reviewed the “advertising” changes.
He also distributed the pubic access report and January 2002 newsletter
and indicated he is working on the annual report for the DPUC which is
due around the end of the month.
OLD
BUSINESS:
Scholarship Committee Report – J. Eslami and E. Rosen indicated
they would like to wait until P. Hopper was present to discuss this issue.
C. DeVoe indicated he had only received input from one Advisory Council
member (Eileen Sundstrom) for the DPUC public hearings. He reviewed the
responses given to the DPUC’s interrogatories.
NEW
BUSINESS:
Eileen Sundstrom questioned the availability of a Senior Discount Program.
J. Dee indicated a decision had been made to eliminate the Senior Discount
and are working towards a needs-based discount. J. Eslami suggested advertising
on Channel 17 and/or 21 the fact that there is a cable advisory council
and listing the meeting dates/times/places.
C.
DeVoe indicated his intent to resign as Chairperson of the Advisory Council.
He stated he would open the floor to nominations for Chairperson, Vice
Chairperson and Secretary at the next meeting.
ADJOURNMENT:
J. Sabo motioned to adjourn the meeting at 9:25 p.m. E. Sundstrom seconded
the motion and it carried unanimously.
Respectfully
submitted by: Lorna J. Szalay, Recording Secretary
NEXT
MEETING: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 at Charter Communications offices in
Newtown, 7:30 p.m. |
