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Home My Public Portal About20091012 work sessionCOUNCIL WORK SESSION OCTOBER 12, 2009 1 CALL TO ORDER The Work Session of October 12, 2009 was convened at 5:35 P.M. by Mayor John Landwehr. ATTENDANCE The following Council Members were present: Present: Carroll (arrived at 5:45 PM), Ferguson, Harvey, Klindt, Koon, Medin, Penfold, Pope (arrived at 5:42 PM), Scrivner, and Struemph (arrived at 5:36 PM) Absent: None A quorum was present. TOPICS OF DISCUSSION Mayor John Landwehr welcomed members of the JCTV Steering Committee and staff of JCTV who were present to participate in a discussion about JCTV and the issue of local cable access in general. JCTV & Cable Access Issues City Counselor Nathan Nickolaus made a presentation regarding JCTV and explained how JCTV is configured, how the programs are produced and distributed, and the "P.E.G." definition of cable television: "Public, Educational, Governmental." Mike Moyer of the JCTV Steering Committee also gave a brief presentation explaining his personal vision, goals, and philosophy regarding the issue of local cable access. Mr. Nickolaus also discussed issues with Mediacom quality, service, etc., and how it affects JCTV. The City Council asked the JCTV Steering Committee to make inquiries about what would be required, or involved, in getting the signal onto the new Embarq broadcast system. The phone number for those having issues with Mediacom was given out as 635 -3212. At the conclusion of the discussion, Mayor John Landwehr asked staff to do the following three things: 1. Contact Embarq 2. Determine Costs for high - quality streaming services 3. Try to generate some direct contact with Mediacom on behalf of JCTV COUNCIL WORK SESSION OCTOBER 12, 2009 2 Charter Changes City Counselor Nathan Nickolaus made a presentation regarding some proposed Charter changes to "clean up" some current Charter language. One of the issues which he believed may be a little more involved than just `cleanup' is the issue of term limits for Council Members appointed in midterm to fill unexpired terms. He stated that the problem currently exists of Council seats remaining on a schedule following such an appointment which makes it difficult, or impossible, for that seat to be placed back on a regular schedule to be filled by the voters. Following the discussion, different options were presented, and the Council agreed the matter should be brought up at a Regular City Council meeting so that the viewing public could hear the discussion. Mayor John Landwehr asked the Council Members to be thinking about the various options and discussing it to determine what they wished to do, if anything, within the next few weeks. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 7:15 p.m.