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June 17, 2019
City of Dubuque Consent Items # 1.
ITEM TITLE: Minutes and Reports Submitted
SUMMARY: Airport Commission of 5/20; Cable TV Commission of 6/5;
Catfish Creek Watershed Management Authority of 5/1 ,
6/5; City Council Proceedings of 5/28, 6/3; Historic
Preservation Commission of 5/16; Library Board of
Trustees of 3/28, 4/25; and Council Update#183 of 5/24;
Zoning Advisory Commission of 5/19; Zoning Board of
Adjustment of 5/23; Proof of publication of City Council
Proceedings of 5/20, 5/28
SUGGESTED DISPOSITION: Suggested Disposition: Receive and File
ATTACHMENTS:
Description Type
Airport Commission Minutes of 5/20/19 Supporting Documentation
Cable N Commission Minutes of 6/5/19 Supporting Documentation
Caffish Creek Watershed ManagementAuthority Supporting Documentation
Minutes of 5/1/19
Caffish Creek Watershed ManagementAuthority Supporting Documentation
Minutes of 6/5/19
City Council Proceedings of 5/28/19 Supporting Documentation
City Council Proceedings of 6/3/19 Supporting Documentation
Historic Preservation Commission Minutes of 5/16/19 Supporting Documentation
Library Board of Trustees Minutes of 3/28/19 Supporting Documentation
Library Board of Trustees Minutes of 4/25/19 Supporting Documentation
Library Board of Trustees Council Update#183 of Supporting Documentation
5/24/19
Zoning Advisory Commission Minutes of 6/5/19 Supporting Documentation
Zoning Board of Adjustrnent Minutes of 5/23/19 Supporting Documentation
Proof of Publication for City Council Proceedings of Supporting Documentation
5/20/19
Proof of Publication for City Council Proceedings of Supporting Documentation
5/28/19
MINUTES OF CABLE TV COMMISSION MEETING
June 5, 2019
JULE OPERATIONS & TRAINING CENTER, 949 KERPER BLVD.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Jennifer Tigges (Chair), Ron Tigges (Vice-Chair), Pauline Maloney, Rick
Baumhover, Kathy McMullen.
MEMBERS ABSENT: Sr. Carol Hoverman, Alan Vincent.
OTHERS PRESENT: Craig Nowack, City of Dubuque
JTigges called the meeting to order at 4:17 p.m.
Acceptance of the Agenda
Upon a motion by Maloney, seconded by McMullen, the agenda was accepted by a vote of 4 - 0.
Approval of the Minutes of May 1, 2019
Upon a motion by RTigges, seconded by Maloney, minutes of the May 1, 2019, meeting were
approved 5 — 0.
Public Input
There was no public input.
Funding Requests
Nowack presented two requests for the City of Dubuque. The first, for $1925, was for a captioning
decoder which will allow the Cable TV Division to preview captions before they went on the air and
also to more quickly make videos with captions visible. He explained that the HDMI standard does
not pass closed captions and that the only way staff can see captions is by watching the return feed
from the cable company. The decoder being requested essentially turns closed captions into open
captions, making them part of the active video which is passed through an HDMI connection.
Baumhover moved to approve up to $1925 for this request. The motion was seconded by Maloney
and approved 5— 0.
The second request, for$8750, is part of an ongoing effort to provide some redundancy in critical
Cable TV operations required to keep programming on the cable channel and streaming online. An
FS1 frame sync is required to broadcast closed captions on the cable system. If the City's lone FS1
goes down, captions will not air until it is fixed or replaced. So this request would purchase a second
FS1. Also included in this request is a spare camera for the City Council Chambers. Cameras have
gone down twice since the HD upgrade in 2016 and in both cases it took more than 30 days to rectify
the problem. RTigges moved to approve up to $8750 for this request. The motion was seconded by
McMullen and approved 5— 0.
Mediacom Cable Report
No one from Mediacom was present to give a report.
Cable N Report
Nowack reported that much of the past month has been spent working on the rollout of closed
captioning for CityChannel Dubuque programming. A handful of programs have been captioned as a
test and are now airing and available online. Nowack also reminded the Commissioners that a July
meeting, if necessary, will be on July 10 because of the Independence Day holiday.
Adjournment
Upon a motion by RTigges, seconded by Baumhover, the meeting adjourned at 4:52 p.m.
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