Minutes of the HACTAC Meeting of February 19, 2003
Attendance:
Dick Ostop, Peter Stempien, Mike Paine, Mayme Casady, Mark Harutunian, Ed Gittleman, Bruce Putterman, Al, Budkofsky
Guest: Karen Handville (Simsbury), Jeff Stewart (Hartford)
The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m.
Note: All attachments referenced in these minutes are available either on mentioned email addresses or at your public library.
Minutes: Motion to accept January 2003 minutes was made by Mayme Casady and seconded by Irene Cone. Minutes passed unanimously.
Treasurer's Report:
Year 2002
Annual Report
Start $7,000.66
Deposits 500.00
Interest 27.68
Withdrawal 1,510.51
End $6017.83
Mayme Casady prepared a report from 01/01/03 - 01/31/03
Balance ending $5,940.00.
A motion was made by Ed Gittleman and seconded by Peter Stempien to accept the report subject to audit. Motion to accept the Treasurer's 2002 Annual report subject to audit made by Ed Gittleman seconded by Mark Harutunian was passed unanimously.
AT&T Broadband:
NOTE: All complete reports appears in the DPUC reports available on line from the DPUC see below for e-mail address.
Dave Judy was unable to get to the meeting this evening and therefore no report. He is coming from a meeting in New Haven.
Town Reports:
Bloomfield: There are concerns about the religious programs they are asked to broadcast with no town sponsors. This is a Docket on the DPUC.
West Hartford: Nothing to report.
Windsor: No Report
East Hartford: Dick Brimley will be away for the next two months in sunny Florida.
Hartford: No Report. Jeff Stewart indicated that he is working with the mayor to get four members not with the station to become members of HACTAC.
Simsbury: Station is broadcasting the work being done by the Planning Commission on the new Plan of Development. The Chamber of Commerce, paying for the taping, has donated funding.
Committee Reports:
Scholarship Committee: No report.
Legislative: Bloomfield State Rep put a bill in the hopper to get $6,000 for Bloomfield access.
Public Relations: No Report
Access Stations: No report. (For problems with station signal call 800-556-9979)
Nominating Committee: No report.
P. Stempien brought up that through Dick's effort the Service center is moving back to Berlin. Dick Ostop thanked Peter but stated that it was a combined effort of all of the Council complaining to the station owners that caused this to happen.
Dick Ostop indicated that he was talking with Phyllis Trowbridge of the OCC stated that Access station must meet with the council at least once a year. Ostop indicated in the past HACTAC had demanded such meetings and this letter caused "ajita" with the stations. Ostop stated that we should encourage the access stations to invite HACTAC to one meeting.
Putterman formally invited HACTAC to the West Hartford meeting on April 2nd at the West Hartford Town Hall for purposes of informing the council of what the station is doing.
Dick Ostop read letter of resignation from Laura Soll-Broxterman.
Complaints:
Twelve new complaints Now most of the complaints are coming in by email and we cannot determine what town these complaints come from.
A number of the complaints are for the consolidated bills - there is a problem where business is operated out of the house. A consolidated bill does not reflect the true accounts
Ostop then requested that the next meeting be at 7PM due to the OCC being at the meeting. Motion made by Gittleman seconded by Stempien. Motion passed unanimously.
Old Business:
Open Motions: Moved "We should get legal assistance to see if we should go to the DPUC and ask the DPUC to re- investigate the distribution of the access funds" (still open)
This motion tabled until the Windsor meeting at which either Melissa Day and/or Phyllis Trowbridge will attend
New Business: None
The meeting was adjourned at 8:25 PM. The next meeting is:
March 19, 2003 7:00 PM
Windsor Town Hall
275 Broad Street
Ludlow Room
First Floor
Windsor, CT .
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