Analysis: Town and Schools
Cable Advisory Committee
Posted since 2015: 26 agendas, 13 sets of minutes, 2 recordings, 2 meetings with our minutes and 19 votes on the record. All boards.
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On February 10, 2026 the Select Board voted to form and charge the Cable Advisory Committee in order to advise the Select Board, as Issuing Authority, relative to the license renewal with Comcast. The vote passed 4-0. Under Massachusetts regulations (207 CMR § 3.03 (3)), the Select Board may appoint a Cable Advisory Committee to advise the Issuing Authority (Select Board) through the Cable Television License Renewal process.
The rest of what the town says about it (140 more words)
Charge
The Lunenburg Cable Advisory Committee shall assist the Select Board as the Issuing Authority by performing the following duties:
Select and engage with Counsel relative to the Cable Television License Renewal process
Review and evaluate the current License Agreement
Engage in the Ascertainment process, to include, but not limited to:Developing and conducting a survey or surveys;
Holding community meetings,
Meeting with Comcast representatives, together with Counsel, negotiate the License Renewal
Regularly report to the Select Board on the status of the Committee
Advise the Select Board relative to the License Renewal
Membership
The Committee shall be composed of five (5) regular members appointed by the Select Board as follows:
Two members from Public Access Cable Committee (PACC)
One member from the Select Board
Two members that are residents of Lunenburg
The Committee shall abide by the Open Meeting Law.
No Facebook page of its own is linked from the board’s page.
— minutes posted, FY26 (0 of 0) · — on YouTube, FY26 (0 of 0) · compared
How the Cable Advisory Committee compares with the other boards →
The people: 3 named in Cable Advisory Committee in FY2018, across 3 years of charts →
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Upcoming meetings
Nothing on the calendar for a future date. The site was last updated 2026-10-10; a meeting noticed since then appears when it is next built, and one that has already happened moves to recent meetings by itself.
Recent meetings
| date | our minutes | recording | agenda | official minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13 2026 | Cable committee began Comcast license-renewal review, dividing up outreach tasks ahead of hiring counsel · 0 votes · 5 differences from the official minutes | video | agenda | minutes |
| Jul 23 2026 | Cable committee splits tasks and starts hiring a lawyer for the 10-year Comcast franchise renewal · 0 votes | video | agenda | not available |
| Mar 26 2018 | needs video | n/a | agenda | minutes |
| Jan 24 2018 | needs video | n/a | agenda | minutes |
| Dec 18 2017 | needs video | n/a | agenda | minutes |
| Oct 5 2017 | needs video | n/a | agenda | minutes |
| Sep 7 2017 | needs video | n/a | agenda | minutes |
| Aug 22 2017 | needs video | n/a | agenda | minutes |
| Jul 24 2017 | needs video | n/a | agenda | minutes |
| Jun 19 2017 | needs video | n/a | agenda | minutes |
| Jun 12 2017 | needs video | n/a | agenda | MISSING |
| May 15 2017 | needs video | n/a | agenda | MISSING |
| Apr 12 2017 | needs video | n/a | agenda | minutes |
| Mar 13 2017 | needs video | n/a | agenda | minutes |
| Jan 23 2017 | needs video | n/a | agenda | MISSING |
The last 15 dates this board met, by today’s date rather than the day the site was built — so a meeting moves here on its own. For a program, every agenda and set of minutes as one text file: /minutes/cable-advisory-committee.txt.
Votes, newest first
From the town’s minutes (13 of 13 sets read) and our minutes of the recordings (2), joined per meeting: 7 substantive, 12 procedural (accepting minutes, adjourning). Where both records have a vote the town’s wording stands; none disagree on the outcome.
| date | motion | outcome | record | check it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26 2018 | recommend to the Board of Selectmen to approve the proposed Comcast contract — moved by Steve Walker“steve walker made a motion to recommend to the board of selectmen to approve the proposed contract. paula seconded. motion passed unanimously.” | passed unanimously | the minutes | the minutes |
| Jan 24 2018 | Authorize Tom Alonzo and Bill Hewig to contact Comcast to determine what is included in the digital upgrade and what the town would be required to purchase to comply — moved by Paula Bertram“paula bertram made a motion to authorize tom alonzo/bill hewig to contact comcast to determine what is included in the digital upgrade and what would the town be required to purchase to comply. steve walker seconded, passed unanimously.” | passed unanimously | the minutes | the minutes |
| Dec 18 2017 | Accept Comcast's offer of a Capital grant in the amount of $170,000, to be distributed 50% in the first year and the remainder within the 2nd or 3rd year, and a PEG fee of 5%, with the video return line from the high school and the 3rd channel to be completed within 2 years — moved by Paula“paula made a motion to accept comcast's offer of a capital grant in the amount of $170,000; to be distributed 50% in the 15 year and the second payment within 2"° or 3' year, and a peg fee of 5%. the video return line from the high school and the 3rd channel shall be completed within 2 years. steve walker seconded, passed unanimously” | passed unanimously | the minutes | the minutes |
| Sep 7 2017 | report out to the Board of Selectmen that negotiations have not succeeded and petition the Department of Telecommunications and Cable for a 60 day extension to begin proceedings for a preliminary letter of non-renewal — moved by Paula“paula so moved; steve seconded. voted unanimously.” | passed unanimously | the minutes | the minutes |
| Nov 30 2015 | Release the town-wide survey with minor modifications“the committee voted unanimously to release the survey with minor modifications.” | passed unanimously | the minutes | the minutes |
| May 5 2015 | Appoint Mr. Alonzo as Chairman — moved by J. Toale“motion: j. toale to appoint mr. alonzo as chairman motion: j. toale to appoint steve walker as vice chairman 2'': r. lisio vote: all in favor” | passed | the minutes | the minutes |
| May 5 2015 | Appoint Steve Walker as Vice Chairman — moved by J. Toale“motion: j. toale to appoint steve walker as vice chairman 2'': r. lisio vote: all in favor” | passed | the minutes | the minutes |
The town’s minutes are the record: a vote from them carries the minutes’ own words, checked verbatim. A vote from the recording only was written by a language model from machine captions — a motion as heard, and “not audible” a finding about the recording — and links to the second in the video. Both records are read as they arrive and joined here, whichever came first.
Time tracking
1.1 h of discussion across the 2 recorded meetings we have minutes for, by topic. A topic can overlap another, so the shares can sum past 100%.
Budget schedule
Measured from this board’s own posted agendas over the last 1 budget cycles (July to June): the dates each subject appeared. The “expect” column is the typical first and last date across those cycles — a scheduled subject, not a decision.
| subject | expect | FY17 |
|---|---|---|
| a budget presented or reviewed | Nov 30 | Nov 30 |
A cycle is named for the fiscal year it builds: FY17 is the budget being built now. Read off the agenda text with a word search, so a subject named differently on an agenda is missed and one mentioned in passing is counted.
As of 2026-10-10.