IAC Minutes 12032019
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City of Scandia
14727 209 th St. N. PO Box 128, Scandia, Minnesota 55073
Phone (651) 433 -2274 Fax (651) 433 -5112 http://www.ci.scandia.mn.us
Scandia Internet Action Committee
Minutes
December 3, 3019 6:30pm
Heritage Room, Scandia City Hall and Community Center
14727 209th Street North, Scandia, MN 55073
Members in Attendance: Cathy Mackiewicz; K. C. Douglas; Jhon Carney; and Bob Wilmers
City Liasons in Attendance: Ken Cammilleri, City Administrator; Steve Kronmiller, City Council
member; and Patti Ray, City Council member.
Members Absent: Marschall Smith
Other attendees: Jim Simpson
Call to Order – The meeting was called to order by Cammilleri at 6:30pm.
Introductions and selection of officers - Members and attendees exchanged introductions, and a
motion by Carney, seconded by Mackiewicz, was made to appoint Wilmers committee chair. The
motion carried. The committee decided by consensus to wait to appoint a vice chair until after the
Council has finished making further appointments of new members.
Scheduling of future meetings - Committee members agreed by consensus that regular meetings of
the committee will be held on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 6:00pm. It was further noted that
the Committee will likely schedule more frequent meeting times in order to attempt to complete its
objective of completing an internet expansion plan by June 2020. The next meeting of the
Committee is to be scheduled for January 9, 2020 at 6:00pm in the Board Room at City Hall.
Discussion of Committee Charter – Members and attendees discussed the committee’s mission and
tentative completion deadlines. No changes were offered or made.
Keynote Presentation – Daniel Lightfoot, Intergovernmental Relations Specialist with the League of
Minnesota Cities (LMC) provided the committee with a presentation efforts made by other
communities in Minnesota to address the expansion of high speed internet action. The members
asked questions and discussed options. A notable question was raised pertained to potentially
obtaining access to fiber optic lines and conduit owned by Frontier that were paid for with Federal
grant dollars. Questions were also raised regarding making use of cellular and radio towers in the
area. No action was taken.
An update was given to committee members on the recent State of Minnesota grant that is seeking to
add an addition 219 homes to high speed internet services.
Adjournment - The meeting was adjourned at 7:35pm.
KEN CAMMILLERI
City Administrator/Clerk