April 10, 2000
MINUTES OF THE
DATV BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING
FOR MONDAY, APRIL 10, 2000
MEMBERS PRESENT
Margaret Barlow, Chair Robert Bradley
Roberta Taylor, Vice-Chair Lela Estes
Tony Capizzi, Treasurer Vickie Souve
ALSO PRESENT
John Rocco, DATV Executive Director
Randy Bellinger, City of Dayton
Kelly Kuhlman, Time Warner Government Affairs Manager
Christopher McCaskey, Battelle & Battelle
Charles Foley, Battelle & Battelle
Dan Suffoletto, DATV Staff
Pat Jessee, DATV Staff
NOT PRESENT
Beverly Jones
Mark Madry
Aaron Sheaffer
Mary Wiseman
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
M. Barlow called the meeting to order at 11:40 a.m.
ROLL CALL
P. Jessee read the roll call.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
M. Barlow called for approval of the agenda. R. Taylor moved to
approve the agenda as presented with T. Capizzi seconding the motion. Motion
passed unanimously.
Board Minutes for April 10, 2000 Page 2
BOARD CHAIR COMMENTS
M. Barlow commented that the annual report looked great and D. Suffoletto had done a great job. She also gave her compliments to the staff for the Tally Award dinner which was fabulous. Also, as a follow up, those who were not at the February 14 meeting, should indicate what committee they would like to serve on for this year.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
M. Barlow asked for approval of the February 14, 2000, board meeting minutes.
T. Capizzi asked that the minutes be amended to read: Beverly Jones, Secretary,
not Secretary/Treasurer. Minutes amended and motion to approve was made by
R. Taylor and seconded by R. Bradley. Motion passed unanimously.
OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
None
APPROVAL OF THE TREASURER'S REPORT
T. Capizzi gave an overview of DATV’s financial history which led up to having an annual audit before he introduced C. Foley of Battelle and Battelle who proceeded to present a summary of the 1999 audit. Upon completion of the summary, T. Capizzi asked that the treasurer’s report be accepted as presented including the results of the audit financial report as presented by Battelle and Battelle. Motion to approve was made by R. Bradley and seconded by L. Estes.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Executive Committee - None.
Personnel Committee - None.
Development Committee Report - None.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORT
J. Rocco reported that the gospel concert benefit was still in progress, but it looked like the concert would not be in October but sometime later.
J. Rocco only had one other thing to add to what was in his written report and that concerned the building expansion project. Investigation as to the cost for utilities, staffing and insurance is still going on. More information will be forth coming at the next board meeting.
J. Rocco reported that negotiations with the City of Riverside had started up again. He has presented basically the same proposal that he had a year ago to them. The city administration seems to be in favor of it. Hopefully, this will go somewhere this time.
CITY OF DAYTON REPRESENTATIVE (Randy Bellinger)
R. Bellinger reported that the City was still looking for a Cable Administrator.
The search should end at the end of April and they would then start screening
the applicants. The City is still involved in the transferring of the ownership of AOL/Time Warner.
TIME WARNER REPRESENTATIVE (Kelly Kuhlman)
K. Kuhlman reported on the meeting between the City of Riverside, DATV and Time Warner last week. It seems that aligning with DATV would be the most economical way for them to go. She also commented that the upgrade within the city is moving along and they were just waiting for material so they could continue.
OLD BUSINESS
M. Barlow asked if there was any further discussion as to the approval for the changing of the by-law regarding DATV board membership. The amended
by-law shall read as: "The Board shall consist of eleven (11) members who shall be residents of the City of Dayton and must hold individual membership at DATV. Since there was no further discussion she asked for a vote of approval
as the motion to approve had already been made by T. Capizzi and seconded by R. Taylor. Motion passed unanimously.
NEW BUSINESS
M. Barlow introduced D. Suffoletto, DATV Marketing Director, who passed
out copies of the Marketing Strategy for DATV. He then proceeded to give an overview of the marketing goals for DATV.
ADJOURNMENT
M. Barlow adjourned the meeting at 12:35 p.m.
The next board meeting will be held on Monday, June 12, 2000, at 11:30 AM.
Respectfully submitted,
______________________ ________________________
Beverly Jones John A. Rocco
DATV Board Secretary DATV Executive Director
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