Meeting Agenda

 

Alabama Wireless 911 Board

Montgomery, Alabama

April 25, 2008

9:00 a m – 12:00 (Or Until Finished)

Place – Tenants Conference Room

100 Concourse Parkway Building

Birmingham (Riverchase), Alabama

 

Meeting Facilitator: Chairman Ron Sleeper

Attendees: 

Senator Bobby Singleton, Representative Tommy Sherer, Ron Sleeper, Johnny Hart, Bill Brodeur, Leslie Bonet, Roger Wilson, Jim Sasser, F. Ralph Dowdy, and Regina McDaniel

Guests:   

Agenda Items:

1)     Cost Recovery Committee meeting (9:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.)

Bill Brodeur, Sec/Treas

2)     Board meeting (9:30 a.m.) - Opening comments and introduction of guests, if any.

Chairman Sleeper

3)     General discussion of the items to be covered during the meeting.

Chairman Sleeper

4)     Review, discussion, and approval of the prior board meeting minutes.

Jim Sasser, Attorney

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

 

 

 

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

 

 

7)     Report from the Cost Recovery Committee.

Bill Brodeur, Sec/Treas

8)     Review of expenses submitted for Board approval and payment.

Bill Brodeur, Sec/Treas

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

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

11)New business for the next Board meeting, if any.

Chairman Ron Sleeper

12)Selection of date, place, and time for the next board meeting:

a)     Date –  May 16, 2008

b)     Place – 100 Concourse Parkway Building, Birmingham, AL

c)      Time – 9:00 a.m. Cost Recovery meeting - 9:30 a.m. Board meeting

Chairman Ron Sleeper

13)Adjourn.

 

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