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<br />Minutes of the Sherburne/Wright County Cable Commission <br />Thursday, August 15, 2019, 1:00 p.m. <br />(Buffalo City Hall) <br /> <br />Present: Chair Tina Allard (Elk River), Vice Chair Gina Wolbeck (Big Lake), Commissioners <br />Mert Auger (Buffalo), Anita Smythe (Cokato), Terri Boese (Dassel), Paula Bauman <br />(Delano), Sabrina Hille (Maple Lake), Rachel Leonard (Monticello), Lynn Tschudi <br />(Watertown) <br />Absent: Dan Madsen (Rockford), <br />Also present: Technology Consultant Bill Bruce, Attorney Bob Vose <br /> <br />1. Call to Order – Chair Allard called the meeting to order at 1:02 p.m. <br /> <br />2. Approval of Minutes – September 20, 2018; December 19, 2019; February 21, 2019 Executive <br />Committee Meeting <br /> <br />Commissioner Wolbeck made a motion to approve the 3 sets of meeting minutes as <br />presented. Seconded by Commissioner Smythe, unanimous ayes, motion carried. <br /> <br />3. Treasurer’s Report <br /> <br />a. Financial Statements – Treasurer Mert Auger presented the financial statements as outlined <br />in the staff report. He noted a balance of $866,000. <br />Commissioner Wolbeck made a motion to accept the financials. Seconded by <br />Commissioner Tschudi, unanimous ayes, motion carried. <br />b. Return of Franchise Fees – Treasurer Auger recommended returning up to 3 franchise fee <br />payments in 2019. He would prefer to return the May 2019 and August 2019 payments now, <br />and then plan to return the December payments as long as the Commission’s fund balance <br />is sufficient. <br />Commissioner Wolbeck made a motion to refund two payments with option to <br />return a third payment at the discretion of the treasurer. Seconded by Commissioner <br />Tschudi, unanimous ayes, motion carried. <br />c. Audit Report – Commissioners were emailed a copy of the audit report in advance. <br />Commissioner Wolbeck made a motion to accept the audit report. Seconded by <br />Commissioner Boese, unanimous ayes, motion carried. <br />d. LMC Liability Waiver Form – Treasurer Auger recommended not waiving the statutory <br />limit. <br />Commissioner Auger made a motion to not waive the statutory limit of the liability <br />waiver. Seconded by Commissioner Leonard, unanimous ayes, motion carried. <br /> <br />4. Attorney’s Report <br /> <br />a. Finalize Charter Renewal – Commission attorney Bob Vose updated commissioners on the <br />latest changes with the renewal. At the last meeting, the Commission reviewed the final <br />version and voted to recommend cities enact the renewed franchise. However, after cities <br />began to pass the franchise agreement, Charter came back to Mr. Vose requesting additional <br />changes. The changes were initially categorized by Charter as minor changes, but they ended <br />up being more substantive changes. After several rounds of discussion, the two sides finally <br />agreed on minor modifications that the attorney is reluctantly willing to recommend passing. <br />Commissioner Auger made a motion to recommend following the Commission <br />attorney’s recommendation that the cities adopt the updated version of the franchise <br /> <br />