2009-06-11
Beverly CATV Advisory Commission Meeting
DATE: June 11,2009
LOCATION: Bevcam office, Beverly High School, Beverly, Ma.
TIME: 7:00 P.M.
COMMISSION MEMBERS:
Dan Murphy - Chairman, George Johnson, Steve Pike, Arthur Crandall, Al Torsey, Bob Murphy,
Eric Overberg, Neil Overberg.
COMMISSION MEMBERS PRESENT:
N. Overberg, E. Overberg, D Murphy. A. Torsey. G. Johnson
PUBLIC:
(BEVCAM) Don Berman, Walt Kosmowski.
o A quorum being present Dan opened the meeting at 7:00.
Communications:
None.
o Old business:
o May minutes were amended and accepted by a 5-0 vote.
o Dan talked with Mayor Scanlon regarding a meeting with all city department heads on
their issues to present to CATV AC. Dan suggested a questionnaire for this purpose. Mike
Collins has issues for CATV AC.
o Walt said BEVCAM is forming a business plan to present to CATV AC.
o New business:
o Public Comments: None.
o Steve Pike notified Dan that he was resigning the CATV AC
o Eric and Dan attended a meeting with Russ Fisk and Dennis Greenleaf on Monday May
18 at 1:00 P.M. at city hall in the third floor conference room. Russ' issues were reviewed and
we asked Russ for more detail. Eric suggested Russ look at the "www.mass.gov" web site to see
what other cities and towns are getting in recent contracts. George requested from BEVCAM a
list of programs under which the city department heads might use BevCam's resources for police,
fire, public safety, FEMA, MEMA, Mass Task forcel.
o CATV AC voted 5-0 to accept Don's proposal to hire 2 consultants to develop a new
equipment design for their new location (Bob Haigh $3000.00 max), and a new capital budget
(Nancy Richard $10,000.00 max) to be shared 50-50 with the city.
o Dan will ask Mayor Scanlon for any new candidates for the commission to replace
Steve Pike.
o Walt Kosmowski presented the May BevCam report re: staff, production schedule,
project outreach, technical issues and financials. Discussion followed.
o The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, July 23 rd, 2009 at 7:00 P.M. at BevCam.
oAt 8:30 P.M. the meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted:
Eric Overberg