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October 6, 2005
4:00 p.m.
Mollenhoff Conference Room
Members present: Chairperson Dan Evanson, Ed Hutchens, Willie Cody, Janet Longus.
Members absent: Larry Herzog.
Moved by Longus, seconded by Hutchens that the Agenda, as proposed, be approved. Ayes:
Four. Absent: Herzog. Motion carried.
Moved by Longus, seconded by Cody that the Minutes of July 7, 2005, as proposed, be
approved. Ayes: Four. Absent: Herzog. Motion carried.
Financial Report
City Clerk Nancy Eckert gave the Financial Report. Expenditures for the month of September
2005 totaled $9,586.22, including salaries and purchase of supplies. Total expenditures through
September 2005 were $19,213.96, which is 17 percent of the FY06 Budget.
Chairperson's Report
Chairperson Evanson reported that Aaron Lytle resigned from the commission as he has moved
to another town.
Members discussed holding meetings every other month on a trial basis. The next meeting
would be held in December 2005. Chairperson Evanson reminded members election of officers
will be held at the December meeting.
Moved by Longus, seconded by Cody that meetings be held every other month on a six month
basis. Ayes: Four. Absent: Herzog. Motion carried.
Report from Mediacom
Doug Nix, Senior Area Manager for Mediacom, distributed the September 2005 report. Mr. Nix
reported the number of system outages is due to changes made to the interior wiring for the
phone service.
Mr. Nix reviewed a news release by Mediacom to be sent out today about launching of the new
residential phone service. Mediacom will offer bundling of video, voices and data products
through one broadband pipe into the home. Mediacom feels these products and service will
provide savings to the consumer with the added convenience of a single bill. Mediacom phone
service will be offered for a monthly rate of $29.95 if the customer subscribes to both Family
Cable and Mediacom Online high-speed Internet service. Mediacom customers with either
Family Cable or Mediacom Online will pay $39.95 per month when they add the new phone
service. The service includes unlimited calling, anytime anywhere in the United States and
includes features such as voice mail, caller ID, three-way calling and call forwarding.
Mr. Nix reviewed Mediacom's position on the information presented by Opportunity Waterloo
and the referendum to establish a public utility for telecommunications. Mr. Nix reviewed
discussions with Ross Christiansen and Rick Young on providing Internet service to businesses.
Mr. Nix reported Mediacom has hired a person with expertise to sell high speed broadband
services to businesses. Mr. Nix reviewed the steps used by Mediacom when a business requests
fiber to their building. A sales person meets with the business to discuss how much bandwidth is
needed, the engineers look where the fiber is located from that business and how far it would
need to go to reach the business. Mediacom then presents a monthly costs to the business for the
service, which includes installation cost. A three to five year contract could be needed for the
payback to Mediacom. Mediacom also offers three different packages for businesses to use
cable modems. Mediacom has found most businesses do not need fiber.
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