Minutes Cable Teleprogramming Commission 3 3 09MINUTES OF CABLE COMMUNITY TELEPROGRAMMING COMMISSION MEETING
March 3, 2009
CITY HALL ANNEX - 2nd FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM #2
MEMBERS PRESENT: Jennifer Tigges, Sr. Carol Hoverman, George Herrig, Pauline Maloney.
Burton Everist arrived at 4:07 p.m.
MEMBERS ABSENT: Alan Vincent. One seat is vacant on the Commission
OTHERS PRESENT: Jim Barefoot, Mediacom
Tyler Breitbach, Mediacom
Marcus Soukup
Becky Specht, Wahlert High School
Craig Nowack, City of Dubuque
Ms. Tigges called the meeting to order at 4:03 p.m.
Acceptance of the Agenda
Upon a motion by Sr. Hoverman, seconded by Mr. Herrig, the agenda was accepted as published by
a vote of 4-0.
Approval of the Minutes of the February 3, 2009, Meeting
Upon a motion by Ms. Maloney, seconded by Mr. Herrig, the Minutes of the February 3, 2009,
Meeting were approved 4-0.
Public Comment
There was no public comment.
Access Equipment ~ Expenditures
Ms. Specht presented a request for $46,000 for a remote production package, including a Sony
Anycast, three digital camcorders, three tripods, three DV recorders, an Intercom system, an editing
software upgrade, and a portable hard drive. Ms. Tigges reminded the commissioners that Roosevelt
Middle School received a grant for $21,000 for a remote package that included many of the things in
this request. That grant called for a Tricaster which is significantly less than the Anycast. Mr. Herrig
suggested rather than purchase a remote package exclusively for Wahlert, purchase an additional
one for the public access studio that could be shared among many users. Mr. Everist moved to table
this request. The motion was seconded by Mr. Herrig and approved 5-0.
Mr. Nowack discussed the request from Dubuque Community Schools/Gary Olsen for an adapter that
would allow the HD output of their recently purchased camcorder to be connected to the Sony
Anycast for their school board meeting telecasts. Mr. Herrig moved to grant up to $925 for this
request. The motion was seconded by Sr. Hoverman and approved 5-0.
Mr. Nowack presented a request for $14,000 to enable live telecasts over the I-Net from Five Flags
Arena. This request would install fiber transmitters at Five Flags and run audio and video cables from
two locations in the arena back to those transmitters. Additionally, camera cables would be run from
two high spotlight locations in the arena back to one of the in-arena locations. Mr. Nowack stated that
the City intends to use this setup to broadcast City Expo live each year, but he hoped other producers
would make use of it to do other live telecasts from Five Flags such as high school graduations. Mr.
Everist moved to approved up to $14,000 for this request. The motion was Ms. Maloney and
approved 5-0.
Mediacom Cable Report
Mr. Barefoot introduced his new assistant, Tyler Breitbach. He reported that most of the server issues
have been eliminated. It required two trips from ECS to get the router properly wired. Except for
some occasional stuttering of the program playback, everything is running fine. Now he and Tyler
must learn how to use the graphics portion of the system.
Cable TV Report
Mr. Nowack reported that he and Video Producer Erich Moeller recorded 520 minutes of programming
during the week of February 16. This is certainly a record for his tenure at the City. This included two
budget hearing, one City Council meeting, the Growing Sustainable Communities conference, and an
episode of City Journal. As budget season winds down, they are preparing now for City Expo and the
State of the City Address.
Adjournment
Upon a motion by Sr. Hoverman, seconded by Mr. Herrig, the meeting was adjourned at 4:55 p.m
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