Minutes_Cable TV Commission 5 2 18 Copyrighted
May 7, 2018
City of Dubuque Consent Items # 1.
ITEM TITLE: Minutes and Reports Submitted
SUMMARY: Cable TV Commission of 5/2; City Council Proceedings of
4/16, 4/23, 4/30; Civil Service Commission of 4/26; Historic
Preservation of 4/19; Investment Oversight Advisory
Commission of 4/25; Library Board of Trustees of 2/22;
Zoning Board of Adjustment of 4/26; Proof of Publication
for City Council Proceedings of 4/2, 4/16, 4/23; Proof of
Publication for List of Claims and Summary of Revenues
for Month Ending 3/31.
SUGGESTED DISPOSITION: Suggested Disposition: Receive and File
ATTACHMENTS:
Description Type
Cable N Commission Minutes of 5/2/18 Supporting Documentation
City Council Proceedings of 4/16/18 Supporting Documentation
City Council Proceedings of 4/23/18 Supporting Documentation
City Council Proceedings of 4/30/18 Supporting Documentation
Civil Service Minutes of 4/26/18 Supporting Documentation
Historic Preservation Commission Minutes of 4/19/18 Supporting Documentation
InvestmentOversightAdvisory Commission Minutesof Supporting Documentation
4/24/18
Library Board of Trustees Minutes of 2/22/18 Supporting Documentation
Zoning Board of Adjustment Minutes of 4/26/18 Supporting Documentation
Proof of Publication for City Council Proceedings Supporting Documentation
4/2/18
Proof of Publication for City Council Proceedings of Supporting Documentation
4/16/18
Proof of Publication for City Council Proceedings of Supporting Documentation
4/23/18
Proof of Publication for List of Claims/Summary of Supporting Documentation
Revenues ME 3/31
MINUTES OF CABLE TV COMMISSION MEETING
May 2, 2018
CITY HALL ANNEX — 1 st FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM #1
MEMBERS PRESENT: Pauline Maloney (Chair), Ron Tigges, Jennifer Tigges (Vice-Chair),
Kathy McMullen, Alan Vincent.
MEMBERS ABSENT: Sr. Carol Hoverman. One seat is vacant.
OTHERS PRESENT: Craig Nowack, City of Dubuque
Jill Specht, Loras College
Felicia Carner, Dubuque Community Schools
Darin Dean, Mediacom
Maloney called the meeting to order at 4:06 p.m.
Acceptance of the Agenda
Upon a motion by Vincent, seconded by McMullen, the agenda was approved 5 - 0.
Approval of the Minutes of April 4, 2018
Upon a motion by Vincent, seconded by JTigges, minutes of the April 4, 2018, meeting were
approved 4— 0.
Public Input
There was no public input.
PEG Funding Requests
Specht presented a request for $22,185 for replacement Cablecast and Carousel on-air servers for
the Loras College access channel control room. She noted that both units were five years old and out
of warranty. Nowack reminded the Commission of the large funding request in 2013 that provided
new servers for the access origination sites and that all the servers purchased then are now due for
replacement. JTigges moved to approve up to $22,500 for this request. The motion was seconded
by Vincent and approved 5— 0.
Carner presented a request for$27,710 for Dubuque Community Schools to purchase replacement
Cablecast and Carousel on-air servers as well as some field production lights and wireless
microphones. RTigges wondered if the lighting package included batteries to power the lights. It
does not. Carner will investigate the battery options and perhaps provide another request for funding
in the future. Vincent moved to approve up to $29,000 for the request. The motion was seconded by
JTigges and approved 5— 0.
Nowack presented a request for $22,000 for new Cablecast and Carousel on-air servers for the public
access control room at Mediacom, as well as funding to convert the control room to digital. He and
Video Producer Erich Moeller met last month with Dean and interim producer Fred Kalyke and
determined that the aging analog control room should be converted to digital like the other access
origination sites in Dubuque. Nowack stated that he and Moeller would work with Mediacom staff to
install the servers and new routing system themselves. RTigges moved to approve up to $23,000 for
this request. The motion was seconded by McMullen and approved 5— 0.
Nowack presented a request for $20,500 for the City of Dubuque to do some audio and automation
reconfiguring in the Media Room at the Historic Federal Building, and to replace the poorly performing
recording decks. After using the new HD gear for 18 months, he and Moeller have identified some
changes to the Cestron control panel that will allow them to better and more quickly change sources
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that are fed to the projector and to air. He also detailed the problems they have encountered with the
recording decks and are opting to utilize decks from a different manufacturer which should be more
reliable. Vincent moved to approve up to $20,500 for this request. The motion was seconded by
McMullen and approved 5— 0.
Mediacom Cable Report
Dean reported that at least one round of interviews has been done with a candidate for the public
access producer in Dubuque, but that there are still a couple of rounds to go.
Cable TV Report
After updating the Commission on recently completed productions and those in the works, Nowack
discussed an upgrade to the TV Control Room at City Hall Annex which he hopes to request funding
for in June. The routing switcher now in use there is not big enough for the City's needs, and he has
consulted with a television engineer he worked with in Chicago and Indianapolis. A larger routing
switcher requires a system-wide sync generator and for the individual video sources to be timed to
that sync signal. Nowack is working on a solution that he and Moeller can install themselves.
Adjournment
Upon a motion Vincent and seconded by RTigges, the meeting was adjourned at 4:56 p.m.
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