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Technology CommitteeMinutes - September 7, 2017 |
Chair Bill Butler called the meeting to order at 6:31 PM.
Present were:
Technology Committee members Bill Butler, Merle
Bragdon, Brett Jones; Administrative Assistant to the Selectmen, Stu Marckoon.
Minutes –
July 11, 2017 – Merle moved to approve the minutes as distributed.
Brett 2nd.
Vote in
favor was 3-0.
Nexus System at School – Stu
explained that another device is needed to allow for broadcast from multiple
sources, and Connectivity Point has proposed installing it for $4,450.70. He
said the channel is still not operational as Spectrum has not been able to
install the modulation equipment and laser guide yet.
Brett moved to recommend purchase of the device
to the Board of Selectmen, Merle 2nd.
Vote in
favor was 3-0.
Sewall Company Proposal – Stu said
he knew there were a lot of questions about the proposal from the Sewall
Company.
Bill said he is not sure if the committee should make
any recommendation, and instead leave it up to the Selectmen to make their own
decision.
He said the representative from Sewall could
answer their questions.
He moved to go forward without a recommendation
to the Board of Selectmen and let the Selectmen decide on which if any proposal
to accept.
Merle 2nd.
Vote in
favor was 3-0.
Franchise Agreement – Merle asked if
it might be possible to meet with a Spectrum engineer to discuss some of the
distance aspects of the franchise agreement and ask why it has taken so long to
get a channel running at the school.
Stu said he would be glad to ask both Shelly
Winchenbach and the spectrum business class folks to see if such a meeting could
be set up.
Stu also reported that a Surry resident
reported to him that they got a Connect-ME grant and fiber optic lines are being
installed this week.
Next Meeting – The committee agreed
to meet at the call of the chair after the Selectmen make their decision
regarding the Sewall Company proposals.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at
6:45 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Stu Marckoon, Adm. Asst. to the Selectmen