Telecommunications Advisory Committee
City of Apple Valley
September 12, 2005
7:00 P.M. Municipal Center

Minutes

1. Call to Order

Chair David Westbrook called the meeting to order at 7:04 p.m.

Members Present: Jerry Brown, Scott Hugstad-Vaa, John Magnusson, Dale Rodell, David Westbrook

Members Absent: Rollin Bible

Others Present: Charles Grawe, Mark Moore, Denis LaComb


2. Approval of Agenda

Mr. Westbrook asked for changes to the agenda and there were none offered.

MOTION: Mr. Magnusson moved, second by Mr. Brown, to approve the agenda as presented. Motion passed unanimously.


3. Approval Minutes of June 6, 2005

MOTION: Mr. Rodell moved, second by Mr. Hugstad-Vaa, to approve the minutes of June 6, 2005. Motion passed unanimously.


4. Update on Audit Review with the Cities of Lakeville, Farmington, and Rosemount

Mr. Moore said the joint powers Commission received the audit review and requested a response to the review by Charter Communications. Charter has since responded and offered counter arguments to the auditor's findings. Mr. Moore said that in summary, Charter's response was that it did not believe it owed the cities as much money identified in the review and that the cities may owe Charter money in some areas. The Commission is expected to determine how to proceed at its next meeting. Mr. Moore estimated that the cost to have the auditor and cable attorney analyze the response would be approximately $2,000.00. Mr. Moore also noted that Charter's representative has expressed an opinion about the use of PEG fees to support cable operations that is not held by the cities.



5. 3rd Quarter Complaint Log

Mr. Moore distributed the complaints received during this time period.


6. 3rd Quarter Coordinator's Report

Mr. Moore briefly discussed events in the third quarter.


7. E-Commerce and Business Development Issues

Mr. Grawe noted there was a new wireless article distributed with the packet.

Mr. Grawe noted that Frontier has advertised its video service provided by satellite television.


8. Other

Mr. Grawe invited the Committee members to contact him if they desired to attend the MACTA conference this fall.


9. Adjourn

MOTION: Mr. Brown moved, second by Mr. Hugstad-Vaa to adjourn the meeting. Motion passed unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 7:40 p.m.