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I I I i I I I QUAD CI2 IES CABLE COM~[UNICATIONS COMMISSION October 20, 1983 The regular meeting of the Quad Cities Cable Communications Commission was called to order by Chair Dan Hartman at 5:02 p.m. at Anoka City Hall. Members present: Don Jacobson, Pat Lindquist, Don Melrose, Jerry Dulgar, Dean Rick, Sue Van Wagner, John Beissel and Alternate Ben Deemer. Staff present: Thomas Creighton and Teresa Wesniewski, Court Reporter. Group W: Terrence O'Connell, Dick Beens, Stefan Hammond, Terry Lovaas, Dave Nyberg, Bill Bruce, Holly Bradley, Vincent Dolan, Norval Reece, Terry Meyering, Terry Schuster, Dave McDonald, Mike Galvin. Guests present: Gerald Cotten. It was moved by Jerry Dulgar, seconded by Pat Lindquist, and unanimously approved to approve the meeting minutes of September 8, September 15, Setpember 23 and October 6, 1983. It was moved by Don Melrose, seconded by Pat Lindquist to approve the following bills: Commission members - $1,000; Barb Pettibone - $150.75; City of Anoka o for long distance calls - $8.39; American Business Insurance Agency - $439.00; City of Ramsey - engineering fees - $80.00; City of Anoka - postage - $41.20; City of Anoka - file cabinet and office supplies - $335.09. All voted in favor. Motion carried. Regarding Public Access programming, Don Jacobson said that the changes in the guidelines included there will be no charge for training sessions and the section regarding political candidates will be left in. Mr. Creighton felt that this was not illegal. Terry O'Connell felt the guildelines were accept- able and wanted to put them in place to see how they work. It w~s moved by Pat Lindquist, seconded by Sue Van Wagner to adopt the guidelines as presented and corrected. All voted in favor. Motion carried. I I I I I Terry O'Connell introduced Dave Nyberg, Program Director. He explained that local origination has been producing programs since May. Examples: Community Band,,County Fair, Father tlennepin Days, St. Stephens Summerfest, high school sports. Also, Terry Lovaas, Public Access Programmer, explained what areas he's been working on. They included: Anoka County Community Health Public service, libraries, Community Education people. Also introduced were all present from Group W. Terry. O'Connell stated that Group W will have a weekly column in the Union to update weekly programs. Mr. O'Connell would like to have the Commission defer filling three positions until the programming is better. The original proposal called for two video technicians , one in Champlin and one in Anoka. They would like to keep one video technician and trade-off one for a customer service representative. Don Jacobson questioned when the local origination channel was activated. ~.lr. O'Connell said October 3. Programs would air between 6 and 9 p.m., Mo~Lday through Thursday. I I I Don Melrose felt the CabLe Commission should have hired a cable administrator from the~beginning. Dan Hartman felt that the Executive Committee should put together an a.~ for this i.osition. Don Jacobson felt the Commission should first determine where the money to pay this individual will come from and that we shoul ! check wit!L Coon Rapids concerning hiring a joint administrator. John Beissel "elt this w~:s a good idea going into a joint venture with another co:,.,.::. ~nitv. D~n 7acobson moved tc have the E>:ecutive Com~:ittee :~.-z-- '.'~ a