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North Andover Cable Television Advisory Committee
Meeting Minutes
Date: November 28, 2017
Time: 5pm-6:25pm
Place: Town Hall, Conference Room#2, 120 Main St.North Andover, MA
Attendees:
Committee Present: Christopher McClure (Non-voting)
Brian Fraser(Non-Voting)
Ronn Faigen(Chairman)
Paul F. Blinn
Shane Woodruff
Robert Parker
Other Attendee: Michael Grant
Attorney Bill Solomon
John Harrington, Kerby Harrington Pinkard LLP representing
Verizon
Committee Absent:
Chanida Oros
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1. Call to Order
2. Acceptance of Minutes
3. Review contract negotiation status with Verizon.
4. Old Business: Review Contract Language, ascertainment and timeline.
5.New Business: Discuss negotiation status and timeline.
6. Adjournment
5:08pm- Meeting was called to order by Ronn Faigen
5:1 Opm-Reading of the minutes was waived until after discussion with Verizon
5:1 Opm-Attorney Solomon discussed status of North Andover and other communities Verizon contract
renewal status.
5:28pm-John Harrington indicated that Verizon is only willing to offer 5 year contracts and not the 7
initially discussed. The 5 year contract would include one High Definition Channel.
5:30pm- The Committee instructed attorney Harrington to keep the 7 year contract on the table with
Verizon. He indicated that he would communicate the committee's wishes with Verizon,but thought the
possibility of anything other than a 5 year contract was very unlikely.
5:40pm- The committee requested that Verizon provide updated build out maps. This has been requested
in the past but not delivered.
5:47pm-John Harrington left the meeting.
5:48pm- The committee voted unanimously to accept the minutes from the 06/05/2017 meeting.
6:OOpm- The committee discussed different scenarios for capital and operating models in a 5 year
compared to a 7 year model. Attorney Solomon will analyze 7 years at 4%versus 5 years at 5%and the
budget impact for the next meeting.
Adjournment
Meeting was unanimously adjourned at 6:25 pm. Respectfully submitted by Christopher McClure,
Ex-Officio Committee Member.
Upcoming Meeting Date
TBD