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North Andover Cable Television Advisory Committee
Meeting Minutes
Date: April 24, 2018
Time: 5pm-6:30pm
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
Chamda Oros
Shane Woodruff
Other Attendee: William Solomon, CAC Attorney, John Harrington,Verizon Attorney
Committee Absent: Robert Parker
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1. Call to Order
2. Acceptance of Minutes
3. Discuss Status of Contract Language and Verizon's Response
4. Old Business: Review any outstanding items.
5.New Business: Discuss final contract with Verizon attorney, John Harrington. Discuss final public
hearing in May. Discuss timeline for presenting contract to the Board of Selectmen.
6. Adjournment
5:OOpm- Meeting was called to order by Ronn Faigen
5:05pm-Reading of the minutes moved to end of meeting.
5:06pm- The Committee summarized the contract process to date with attorney William Solomon and
discussed their position of seeking either%4 over 7 Years or 5%over 5 years in response to Verizon's
position of only offering a 5 year contract.
5:15pm- The committee discussed terms with Verizon attorney, John Harrington. John indicated that
Verizon was only willing to do %4 over 5 years, and the only room to negotiate was on the capital
request. Verizon's position is that they are only offering 5 year terms and will only match the% of their
competition. They are offering one HD channel and a%15 increase in Capital funding over Comcast.
6:00pm- The committee again asked to follow-up with Verizon's build out report for North Andover.
John promised to schedule a call the following day to give a final answer from Verizon on any open items.
6:15pm-The committee requested William Solomon prepare a final position summary and financial
breakdown.
6:30pm-The committee unanimously accepted the minutes for January 23,2018.
Adjournment
Meeting was unanimously adjourned at 6:35 pm.
Respectfully submitted by Christopher McClure, Ex-Officio Committee Member.
Upcoming Meeting Date
TBD