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I I I 5.2 Meredith Cable Report Donnelly-Cohen stated that the number of subscribers to Universal Service has increased to 44 in the Quad Cities. The overall number of subscribers has gone up and the number of subscribers to the Sega service is also up. Meredith has hired 9 additional service reps who are mostly through with their training process. There is now a computer that can generate a report noting the frequency and timing of calls to the company. Cotten inquired as the situation concerning the sale of the system to Continental Cablevision. Donnelly-Cohen responded by saying that it is not until a purchase agreement is entered into that those affected are notified. She reassured the Commission that as soon as anything was definite she will inform them using proper channels. OLD BUSINESS - 6 6.1 Renewal Update Renewal issues were updated and addressed previously during the Administrator's Report. 6.2 Personnel Committee Report Three members of the Personnel Committee met on November 14, 1995, Nagel met with O'Connell separately on November 16, 1995, discussion was on two issues: AP's being hired directly by member cities, and comparison of wage and benefits of like fu/1-time positions at other community television entities. O'CONNELL pointed out the memorandum from Johnson that was in the packet concerning the direct control of the Associate Producers he would like Champlin to have. O'Cormell discussed and pointed out the changes to the 1996 budget and how the changes would accommodate the Champlin request. Champlin would receive the money in four payments to pay the salary of the AP, whereas Andover, Anoka and Ramsey's moneys would remain in the Commission account and under the supervision of Scattum. The other budget change addressed Champlin's request for equipment funding. Each city is allocated $10,000 spread out over 1996. Champlin will make their own purchases and equipment decisions. Schroeder reported that the Committee wasn't sure if the arrangement would be successful or not, but was willing to recommend Champlin's proposal. Andover, Anoka and Ramsey are not willing to take this separation step, but rather watch to see how it works in Champlin.