===PAGE 1=== PACC Meeting Minutes Monday, April 1, 2024 Sudolnik Conference Room, Lunenburg Town Library Lunenburg, MA Roll call: 1. Meeting was called to order at 6:04 pm. 2. PACC members present: Steve Walker, Steve Archambault, Pete Lincoln. Faith Beall, Paul Sarapas 3. Manager: Jo Toale 4. Community: Debbie Lincoln Public Comments: - • D.Lincoln wanted to publicly thank the tech crew that dealt with the TRICASTA issue during the taping of “Story Time”. They did a fantastic job of resolving the issue. • D.Lincoln reported on an event held at the Dracut Public Access Studio. They did a 3-day telethon to raise money for the schools. The Dracut Scholarship Foundation in partnership with the local access tv raised $156,000 which funded 66 educational scholarships. Committee Comments: - • P.Lincoln praised S.Walker for his excellent FinCom budget presentation • P.Lincoln reported that he was welcomed with open arms to join and participate in the Master Plan Steering Committee as the PAC Representative. Communications: • S.Walker received an email from the Town Manager who, after going through the PAC budget spreadsheet, gave it a positive thumbs up. PACC’s presentation was correct. Approval of Minutes: • 3-11-2024 minutes approved with corrections (motion – F.Beall, 2nd P.Lincoln), passed Manager’s update: • Currently at 76% local programming – 108 shows. Last year’s total was 109 and PAC still has 3 more months. • Town committee meetings have increased putting a strain on current videographer schedules • Added a new show, “Gaming Buddies”, based on video games • Mat is producing our new podcast series • There are 2 big meetings in April. Both involve the Water Department • J.Toale has continued to write and send out a monthly employee newsletter • The H74 S34 video was created and sent out on Fri. 3/28 • Due to the increased demand to video town meeting the Payroll videographers line account is almost depleted. Motion (P.Lincoln, 2nd ===PAGE 2=== F.Beall), to request a line item transfer from New/Capital to Payroll Videographers of $10,000 pending town manager approval. Passed • J.Toale will be on vacation Tue. Throu Fri. • PAC ending balance ($997,314.96), is off by $150. J.Toale is in the process of rectifying the issue FY 25 Budget • PAAC’s Town Meeting presentation was presented to FinCom and was OK’ed for town meeting H74 S34 • S.Walker is currently working on a letter that the Town Manager could sign and send out to the appropriate people. • P.Sarapas met with Rep. Scarsdale who did a presentation and talked positively about H74 S34. He was very supportive. Enterprise Fund Investment: - • First quarter report has not been posted yet and should be available for our next meeting Next meeting: - May 6th, 6:00 pm. In the Sudolnik Conference Room at the Lunenburg Town Library. Adjournment: • Meeting adjourned at 7:05 pm o (motion – S.Archambault, 2nd F.Beall - passed). Future FY23-24 meeting dates: o May 6 o June 3 o Meetings held in the Sudolnik Conference Room will begin at 6pm,