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Home My Public Portal About7/17/2003L Greencastle Common Council, Board of Works, CACFID and Redevelopment Commission Joint Executive Session Thursday, July 17, 2003 1) Call to order by Mayor at 7:05 p.m. 2) No roll call, though all Council members were present. City Hall 3) Mayor called upon Brad Welp of Clay County Rural Telephone Company(CCRTC) to make presentation. 4) After introducing other members of the CCRTC Board of Directors, Mr. Welp made a power ® point presentation detailing plans for providing broad band internet access to Greencastle. 5) After his presentation, which lasted approximately thirty minutes, Mr. Welp opened the floor for questions. Questions included costs for both city and potential subscribers, time frame for providing service, details of laying cable, and advantages for subscribers. 6) Adjournment at 8:08 p.m. Greencastle & CCRTC Building a better future for our Community Greencastle Needs • Long Term Commitment • Community based responsive provider • Cooperative Philosophy • State of the art Communications • Current Customers ♦ Potential Business and Residential Customers • Reliability • Broadband for Today and Tomorrow • Improved Quality of Life 1 CCRTC History • Over 100 years of Communications service • CCRTC incorporated as a Cooperative in 1950 • Mission "to provide modern telephone service in small towns and rural areas" • Headquartered in Putnam County for over 40 years CCRTC History CCRTC serves over 13,000 customers in 8 counties in West Central Indiana CCRTC serves over 8000 internet customers CCRTC Community Based • Headquarters in the County • Employees are part of the community • Current customer base of over 2000 in Greencastle • Revenues kept in local community • Large investment in surrounding communities e e e 2 CCRTC Community Based • Quick response to customers' request for services • Quick response to customer needs • Customer Service office in Greencastle • Local office for billing questions ♦ Walk in for "face to face" service • Desire to include Greencastle in our membership communities To: serveadeerlcearn Suble a: Kudos from a happy ousu n CCRrc. 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CCRTC Cooperative Philosophy • Representation by local members on Cooperative Board • Owned by the members we serve • Yearly Meeting of the Members • Margins returned to members • Access to Management a General Manager lives in Community a Bradley W elp — 765- 526 -2206 Home Phone N CCRTC Cooperative Philosophy � Cooperatives are involved in power, housing, insurance, health care, finance, and hardware. More Nan 100 million Americans are involved in cooperatives. CCRTC may be smaller than the telco giants, but that is to our advantage. Bigger is not necessarily better, We're more nimble; we can make decisions more quickly. Our technology and services surpass those offered in most urban areas. As an example, when we saw the need for local Internet access CCCRT made the significant investment to get the Internet into the homes, businesses, and schools. Our commitment is to our members. They own the cooperative. Yes, the bottom line is important, but their needs antl the needs of our community come first. CCRTC Cooperative Board • Richard Rice- President- Eminence • Stephen Aker- Vice President- Reelsville • Devin Salsman- Secretary- Mt. Meridian • Jack Hauser- Treasurer- Patricksburg • James Ellett- Coatesville • Nancy Latham- Poland • Byron Green- Monrovia • Madonna Meyerrose- Atlanta • Max Fislar- Cloverdale CCRTC Current Services • POTS 'Plain Old Telephone Service" • Call Features ♦ Call waiting, Call forwarding, Speed calling, Three way calling, etc. • Class Features ♦ Calling name & number, Automatic callback, Selective call acceptance & rejection, etc. • Voice Mail 0 • • 0 J O CCRTC Current Services • Long Distance • 6.5 cents per minute • Telephone Sales • Full Featured Electronic PABX & Key Telephone Systems • Alarm Systems and Security Cameras CCRTC Current Services "Broadband" High Capacity Circuits ♦ T -I's and higher Internet • Free SPAM and Virus filtering ♦ Dial up (28.8/56k) • DSL (384k) CCRTC is committed to provide "broadband" to our members. � �4OY�ilO 5 CCRTC Reliability "Reliability is an issue" • Experience in Telephony Networks • Knowledge of the current and future technology in communications. • Experienced staff • Special Projects Cmdinata- Robert Lowes - 26 years • Plant Manager -Steve Sumedin -31 years • Sales 8 Service Sui ervisa- Larry Fidler- 29 years • Customer Service Suiter sa- Eltmbeth Cheatham-1]years • General Manager- Bratlley Well, - 15 years • Internet Manager - Bruce Barnett - 6 years • Average W all Management - 24 years CCRTC Reliability "Reliability is an issue" Integrated into the CCRTC Fiber • Sonet UPSR Ring Protected services • Local • Long Distance • Internet n U 0 0 C Broadbands' Future • Video Business • HDTV • Corporate training • PPV • Video Conferencing • Internet • VPN • Garnng Edutation • Inlera0ve Websnes • Distance Learning • Streaming Video • Dalabase Shabng • Government Health Industry • Database Shanng • Medical Imaging • Emergency Arens • Medical Center Records (Weather & Secvmy) CCRTC Reliability "Reliability is an issue" • Experience in Telephony Networks • Knowledge of the current and future technology in communications. • Experienced staff • Special Projects Cmdinata- Robert Lowes - 26 years • Plant Manager -Steve Sumedin -31 years • Sales 8 Service Sui ervisa- Larry Fidler- 29 years • Customer Service Suiter sa- Eltmbeth Cheatham-1]years • General Manager- Bratlley Well, - 15 years • Internet Manager - Bruce Barnett - 6 years • Average W all Management - 24 years CCRTC Reliability "Reliability is an issue" Integrated into the CCRTC Fiber • Sonet UPSR Ring Protected services • Local • Long Distance • Internet n U 0 0 C a] CCRTC Reliability CCRTC Reliability _ a CCRTC Services "Future Plans" • Digital Television ♦ Regional Headend ♦ Larger channel Lineup • Video on Demand/ Near Video on Demand • Soft switch ♦ Next Generation Enhance Services • Fiber to the Curb "FTTC • Fiber to the Home "FTTH" 7 Summary of Advantages • Headquarters in the County • Employees are part of the community • Owned by the customers we serve • Representative voice on Board • Revenues kept in local community • Margins returned to patrons • Commitment to prosperity of our communities • Current customer base in Greencastle How Greencastle fits • Strategic integration into current network • CCRTC can benefit from a larger local base to help share fixed costs • Provide additional services to our existing customer base in Greencastle • Provides Economic Development to a Community of interest for our members • Helps provide connections for the South Putnam Schools District 0 1.1 \ \ _ i i� ` 0 e 0 10 r Ll Questions ? ?? 12 Plan advantages Redundancy for strategic locations in town - Hospital - University - Industrial areas -Court House Fully buried system to protect communication from outages by major storms Plan advantages Future growth of system — Additional capacity and ducts built into design to minimize future excavation in city • Subdivision growth • City expansion — Spare ducts to outer edge of city for expansion in the future • County 6 r 1 � u 11