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Home My WebLink About01/04/2007 WATERLOO CABLE TV COMMISSION January 4, 2007 4:00 p.m. First Floor Conference Room Members present: Chairperson Dan Evanson, Ed Hutchens, Janet Longus, Willie Cody. Members absent: Noel Thornsberry, Larry Herzog. Also present: Doug Nix, Lee Grassley, Ed Stoffer. Moved by Longus, seconded by Cody that the Agenda, as proposed, be approved. Ayes: Four. Absent: Thornsberry, Herzog. Motion carried. Moved by Longus, seconded by Cody that the Minutes of November 2, 2006, as proposed, be approved. Ayes: Four. Absent: Thornsberry, Herzog. Motion carried. At the November commission meeting, Mr. Thornsberry requested to be at today's meeting via telephone, but he sent an e-mail to the City Clerk that he was in Mexico and due to the long- distance rate did not feel it was necessary for him to be at today's meeting. Chairperson's Report Chairperson Evanson reported that Ed Hutchens and Larry Herzog's terms expired December 31, 2006. With approval of the commission, the City Clerk will send a letter to Mayor Hurley recommending that Mr. Hutchens and Mr. Herzog be reappointed for one more term. Financial Report Nancy Eckert, City Clerk, distributed copies of the Public Access Studio Budget for the month ending December 31, 2006 and reviewed expenditures and revenues. Ms. Eckert reported that she is preparing the FY08 budget for the Public Access Studio and will present it to the commission in March. Ms. Eckert reported Dave Hammer resigned effective December 29, 2006. The process has begun for a replacement. Hopefully, interviews will be conducted in February and an appointment be made some time in March to fill the position. Report From Mediacom Doug Nix, Area Manager for Mediacom Communications Corporation, distributed and reviewed November and December 2006 monthly reports. Mr. Nix reported that negotiations with Sinclair Broadcasting Group, the owner of KGAN, Channel 13 in Cedar Rapids, are at a standstill. Mediacom's technical staff is standing by to cut cable subscribers' access to Channel 13 at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday. Mediacom is handing out antennas and kits to customers to help them to continue to access Channel 13. Mediacom is drawing a line in the sand on this issue because of the markets and impact. If KGAN is discontinued, Mediacom is going to add family programming to this channel for the short term. No final decision has been made on what will replace KGAN on Channel 13. If Mediacom were to settle with Sinclair Broadcasting Group, all costs would have to be passed on to the subscribers as the subscribers are not being charged at this time for Mediacom to carry Channel 13 under the basic tier programming. Lee Grassley, Manager of Mediacom Government Relations, reported Mediacom petitioned for relief to the FCC and the FCC found that that Mediacom's complaint had no merit and suggested that Mediacom and Sinclair Broadcasting Group go into arbitration. Mr. Grassley stated if Mediacom agrees to Sinclair's request, Mediacom feels it would set a precedent for the other stations. 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