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Meeting Agenda |
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Place – Tenants Conference Room |
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Meeting
Facilitator: Chairman Ron Sleeper |
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Senator Bobby
Singleton, Representative Tommy Sherer, Ron Sleeper, Johnny Hart, Bill
Brodeur, Leslie Bonet, Roger Wilson, Jim Sasser, F. Ralph Dowdy, and
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Guests:
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Agenda Items: |
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1) Cost Recovery Committee meeting ( |
Bill
Brodeur, Sec/Treas |
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2) Board meeting ( |
Chairman
Sleeper |
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3) General discussion of the items to be covered during
the meeting. |
Chairman
Sleeper |
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4) Review, discussion, and approval of the prior
board meeting minutes. |
Jim
Sasser, Attorney |
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5) Attorney’s report: a) General report on legal issues. b) Report and billing for special work during the
month. c) Report on the development of operating rules and
procedures for Phase II non-compliant ECDs to request reimbursements, the
review and verification of the requests, and establishment of priorities and
timing of the payments for approved expenditures. d) Report on the status of the recent complaint filed
by T-Mobile South, LLC, and Powertel Memphis, Inc., against the CMRS Board
and the board members, individually. e) Report on discussions with the Attorney General’s
staff regarding the T-Mobile litigation. f) Update on discussions with the CMRS Board’s
insurance carrier (Chubb) regarding coverage for the Board and board members
in the litigation with T-Mobile / Powertel g) Report on the status of actions taken to require
T-Mobile and related companies and TracFone to submit their records for audit
and verification by the Board’s external audit firm. h) Other legal issues, if any. |
Jim
Sasser, Attorney |
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6) Accountants’ report: a) Review of the current financial statements. b) Status report on the non-compliant Phase II ECDs submission
of their Phase II implementation plans and cost estimates that were due on or
before by December 31, 2007. c) Report on the responses, inquiries, and questions
from ECDs regarding the distribution
of the additional twenty four percent (24%) of service charge collections. d) Update on monthly reporting to ECDs to identify
the allocations of the 56% and 24% of service charge collections. e) Report on the status of the Phase II
Implementation Reserve bank account, and validation of Phase II compliant
ECDs approved for distribution of the additional twenty four percent (24%)
collections. f) Billing for special work during the month. g) Update on correspondence with all carriers to
verify systems and data, accounting procedures and internal controls, and a
report on the status of scheduled audits for the board by external CPA firm. h) Request for increase in the monthly fee to update
the board’s webpage. i) Review and comments, if any, for improvement of
the board’s webpage and information posted. |
F.
Ralph Dowdy, CPA, Regina McDaniel, CPA, and Bill Brodeur, Sec/Treas |
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7) Report from the Cost Recovery Committee. |
Bill
Brodeur, Sec/Treas |
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8) Review of expenses submitted for Board approval
and payment. |
Bill
Brodeur, Sec/Treas |
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9) Report on the
status of guidelines being developed by Roger Wilson and Bill Brodeur to
certify qualifying Phase II equipment . |
Roger
Wilson and Bill Brodeur, Sec/Treas |
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10) Status
report on the preparation and submission of Disclosure Statements and Contract Review for all contracts in
excess of $5,000. |
Jim
Sasser, Attorney |
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11)New business for the next Board meeting, if any. |
Chairman
Ron Sleeper |
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12)Selection of date, place, and time for the next
board meeting: a) Date – b) Place – 100 Concourse Parkway Building, c) Time – 9:00 a.m.
Cost Recovery meeting - 9:30 a.m. Board
meeting |
Chairman
Ron Sleeper |
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13)Adjourn. |
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Additional Information |
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