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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-10-31 AFN Options Committee Minutes10/23/24, 11:12 AM AFN Options Committee - AFN Options Committee - City of Ashland, Oregon Learn about the City's plan to construct and move the water treatment plant -Clean drinking water is an essential right Agendas and Minutes City of Ashland V AFN Options Committee (vieWAll) AFN Options Committee Agenda Monday, October 31, 2005 Draft Minutes View Agenda Attachments j AFN Options Committee Meetin, October 31, 2005, 7:30am Siskiyou room, CDES Building, 51 Winburn Way CALL TO ORDER Michael Donovan called the AFN Options Committee meeting to order at 7:34 am on October 311 2005 in the Siskiyou Room of the CDES Building, 51 Winburn Way Ashland, Oregon. ROLL CALL Committee members Barth, Collins, Donovan, Mace, Mackin, and Shultz were present. Councilor Russ Silbiger was present. STAFF PRESENT: GINO GRIMALDI, CITY ADMINISTRATOR LEE TUNEBERG, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND FINANCE DIRECTOR RICHARD HOLBO, TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEER https://old.ashland.or.us/Agendas.asp?AMID=2403&Display=Minutes 1/6 10/23/24, 11:12 AM AFN Options Committee - AFN Options Committee - City of Ashland, Oregon C I N DY HANKS, PROJECT MANAGER BRYN MORRISON, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT REVIEW COMMITTEE MINUTES Approval of minutes dated October 27, 2005 Rick Barth, Committee member amended page 4 paragraph 6, stilling to still. Page 5 paragraph 2, cultural to culture. Collins/Mackin ms approval as amended. All Ayes. COMMITTEE WORK SESSION Kevin Shultz and Paul Collins, Committee members spoke to the draft report. Members of the Committee felt that the report should not be called the final report and that it should only be a draft. There should be a dialog between the Committee and Council. The Committee discussed that they hope Council will see their effort and wisdom and any recommendation that they make has to make financial sense with the current potential and the current penetration. They also discussed that for enhancements, they could refer to the Navigant study. The proposed enhancements and implementation would show that the City would be in the same place in 2012. The Committee discussed doing a comparison to Spanish Fork and what was written in the Tidings to what AFN is doing currently. The Committee discussed that the Tidings article was unrealistic, Spanish Fork does not show their debt clearly and they should not do a comparison. No further financial items were needed from staff. The Committee discussed presenting the report to Council. The Committee will include the report in the November 15 Council meeting packet and ask to hold a study session after that with Council. Councilor Russ Silbiger mentioned that there is concern with the draft report that he has heard from Council and there needs to be more financial analysis. The Committee discussed that there may be financial information that Council should instruct staff to develop. The Committee decided to include a spreadsheet that Lee Tuneberg developed and narrative that Paul Mace developed on keep and enhance and spin off. https://old.ashland.or.us/Agendas.asp?AMID=2403&Display=Minutes 2/6 10/23/24, 11:12 AM AFN Options Committee - AFN Options Committee - City of Ashland, Oregon In the sale option, the Committee discussed the savings to AFN cable customers and Charter customers due to AFN, in the relation to the possible sale of AFN. They discussed if there are multiple offers, they may not want to accept the Charter offer, even if higher, due to the possibility of reducing the competition and Charter possibly increasing rates. They discussed the possible buyer may or may not increase rates and/or services. The Committee discussed the possibility of reconvening if the City received several offers. The Committee discussed that they need to add to the report what exactly the City would be willing to sell or not sell. The Committee discussed it would differ depending on the proposals. Councilor Silbiger mentioned that the City wanted to retain the fiber and own network and it should not be included in sale. Richard Holbo, Telecommunications Engineer mentioned that they can reserve fiber around the ring for own use and the physical fiber 6 count the City would keep, but it would not retain ownership to the house. The City would need to build the plant again for meter reading capabilities. The buyer may want to wholesale the product and they may need a non compete agreement and include meter reading capabilities in the contract. The contract with the buyer would vary depending on what portions they would need to buy, if they needed the plant. The Committee discussed that the City needs to obtain the real figures of customers it has. At this point the City does not have the figures for exactly how many internet customers it has. Mr. Holbo responded that the City has seven ISP's and those are their customers. He can get a list from the ISP's and could compare to cable customers for more accurate figures on customers that have only CATV, Internet, and both. The Committee discussed for a true valuation, they would need to remove internet only from customer counts. The Committee will include in the report that the valuation can vary significantly depending on several items. The Committee discussed the possibility of selling the wholesale relationship. It would be a revenue stream that would be sold. The Committee discussed that the buyer would want the ability to bundle so they can compete against DSL. The Committee will attach an article to the report in reference to common carrier. See attached. The Committee discussed that a key question the Councilors need to ask themselves is the present potential future savings in local content and service control worth the risk of tax payer dollars. They need to think about if fiber to the home will become too expensive to make a profit. The Committee discussed that some amount of tax payers dollars cannot be recovered and the Council should look at how they risk future tax payer dollars. The Committee discussed adding this thought to the conclusion paragraph. https://old.ashland.or.us/Agendas.asp?AMID=2403&Display=Minutes 3/6 10/23/24, 11:12 AM AFN Options Committee - AFN Options Committee - City of Ashland, Oregon The Committee decided that Rick Barth, Paul Collins, and Kevin Shultz will make the revisions to the report to include in the Council packet for November 15. NEXT MEETING(S) There was no future meeting scheduled. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 9:34 am. Respectfully Submitted, Bryn Morrison Administrative Assistant Administrative Services Department https://old.ashland.or.us/Agendas.asp?AMID=2403&Display=Minutes 4/6 10/23/24, 11:12 AM AFN Options Committee - AFN Options Committee - City of Ashland, Oregon Online City Services Email Updates Sign up to receive local important News & Events. 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