Minutes_Cable TV Commission 1 71 5 MINUTES OF CABLE TV COMMISSION MEETING
January 7, 2015
CITY HALL ANNEX— 1st FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM #1
MEMBERS PRESENT: Ron Tigges (Chair), Jennifer Tigges, Alan Vincent, Pauline Maloney,
Kathy McMullen.
MEMBERS ABSENT: Sr. Carol Hoverman (Vice-Chair). One seat is vacant.
OTHERS PRESENT: Craig Nowack, City of Dubuque
Jim Barefoot, Mediacom
RTigges called the meeting to order at 4:03 p.m. Vincent arrived at 4:06 p.m.
Acceptance of the Agenda
Upon a motion by Maloney, seconded by McMullen, the Agenda was accepted 4 - 0.
Approval of the Minutes of December 3, 2014
Upon a motion by JTigges, seconded by Maloney, the Minutes were approved 4 - 0.
Election of Officers
RTigges nominated McMullen to be Chair. The motion was seconded by Maloney and approved 4 -
0. Maloney nominated RTigges to be Vice-Chair. The motion was seconded by Vincent and
approved 5 - 0. RTigges continued to preside over the current meeting.
Public Input
There was no public input.
Mediacom Cable Report
Barefoot reported that he had been contacted by Tom DeGree at Senior High School about setting up
a production studio at the school. There is some seed money available through the school district.
Barefoot said he had been going through some old equipment at the public access studio. RTigges
requested a report of equipment usage at the public access studio. There was also a discussion of
setting up a local PEG producers area in social media, perhaps on Facebook.
Cable TV Report
Nowack informed the Commission that the Cable TV Division is scheduled to present its FY2016
budget before the City Council on Wednesday, February 4, the same day as the next commission
meeting. He also brought the Commission up to date on productions now in production and in the
planning stages.
Adjournment
Upon a motion by JTigges, seconded by Vincent, the meeting was adjourned at 4:32 p.m.
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