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QUAD CITIES CABLE COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION October 18, 1984 The regular meeting of the Quad Cities Cable Commission was called to order at Anoka City Hall by Chair Dan Hartman at 5:05 p.m. Members present were: Don Jacobson, Don Melrose, Jerry Dulgar, John Beissel and Gary Reimann. Members absent: Pat Lindquist and Dean Rick. Group W staff present were: Mary Jane Thompson, Terry Lovaas, Tom Sharrad, Norm Gaudreau, Reno Bascaleo and Cheryl Wollershelm. Commission staff present: Tom Creighton and Terry O'Connell. Mr. Dulgar moved to approve the minutes from the Sept. 5 meeting as written. Don Melrose seconded the motion. All voted in favor. Motion carried. Don Jacobson moved to approve payment of the bills. Gary Reimann seconded. All voted in favor. Motion carried. The bills approved were: City of Anoka - $93.44; Cardiff Publishing Co. - $27.00. Mrs. Katheryn Berg spoke before the Commission concerning the incident that occurred at her home. She said that she had come to the meeting because the Commission was going to discuss this incident and she wished to see what action would be taken. In response, Mary Jane Thompson referred to copies of letters and memos in the packet she distributed. One was a memo to employees reinforcing company proce- dures and the letter was to the answering service placing them on notice and giving them a schedule of which dates specific supervisors would be on~call. Ms. Thompson asked the Commission if Group W could add the Cable Music Channel starting Oct. 26th. This is a Tier II service that has middle of the road music and is on 24 hours a day. Mr. Melrose moved to have Terry O'£onnell write a letter to Group W informing them that the Commission was aware that they would be adding this new channel. Gary Reimann seconded this motion. Mr. Jacobson felt more time should be taken to consider this. Misters Hartman, Reimann, Beissel, Dulgar and Melrose voted in favor. Mr. Jacobson voted against. Motion carried. Ms. Thompson reported on current marketing efforts, subscriber statistics. She referred to her letter to Mr. O'Connell asking for his assistance with the Quad Cities communities in finding out what construction projects might be planned for 1985. Ms. Thompson asked the Commission for approval of a $5.00 trip charge for scheduled non-pay disconnects and a $5.00 charge for NSF checks. She is also asking for a $30.00 service charge for non-cable related problems. Mr. Hartman remarked that he would like a policy laid out on how and when these charges would be applied. Mr. Jacobson questioned whether these charges were allowed under the franchise and felt that more research should be done on these items first. Mr. Dulgar moved to approve a $10.00 "Change of Service" that applies only to up- grades, downgrades and switches of a premium pay service and to refer the other charges back to Terry 01Connell for further research. AS clarified in Ms. Thompson's Sept. 14th letter to Mr. Creighton, this $10.00 "Change of Service" fee will not apply to an additional outlet, FM or remote upgrade or downgrade. John Beissel seconded Mr. Dulgar's motion. All voted in favor. Motion carried. Construction on the Kangaroo Court area is scheduled to start October 22, 1984. Mr. Belssel requested that a letter be sent to those residents that they still qualify for free installation. Mr. O'Connell asked Mr. Reimann whether now that the Kangaroo Court issue has been settled the Ramsey City Council would pass the