Meeting Agenda

 

Alabama Wireless 911 Board

Montgomery, Alabama

April 24, 2009

9:00 a m – 12:00 (Or Until Finished)

Place – Southern Linc Conference Room

600 University Park Place, Suite 400

Birmingham, Alabama  35209

 

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:

          Gary Lavender, Michael Kassouf  

Agenda Items:

1)     Cost Recovery Committee meeting (9:00 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.)

Bill Brodeur, Sec/Treas

2)     Board meeting (9:15 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 status of the complaint filed by T-Mobile South, LLC, and Powertel Memphis, Inc., against the CMRS Board and the board members, individually, and update on the respective legal issues.

d)     Discussions regarding the preparation and filing of a demand letter for amounts due from T-Mobile as a result of the “Report of Expert Witness”.

e)     Report on the status of Disclosure Statements and Contract Review for all contracts in excess of $5,000.

f)       Report on the status of board appointments.

g)     Report on the status of discussions with TracFone representatives regarding the statewide certification request for designation in the State of Alabama as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier (ETC).

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 submissions of their Phase II Certifications of Inspection, and their completed and documented Requests For Reimbursement .

c)      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.

d)     Resport on the certified letter mailed to the remaining five (5) non-compliant Phase II ECDs reminding them of the June 14th deadline, and update on Marengo and Macon counties Phase II status.

e)     Billing for special work during the month.

f)       Report on the status of the audits of T-Mobile and TracFone by the Board’s external audit firm.

g)     Report on the proposals received from financial institutions for the Board’s banking relationship, and recommendation for approval, and status of the information requested from Wachovia/Wells Fargo.

h)     Report on the status of the ECD annual certifications received, and responses to the final notice certified letter mailed to the seven (7) remaining non-certified ECDs.

i)       Update report on the status of the financial audit report issued by Jeffery A. Hilyer’s firm.

j)       Update report on the status of the compliance audit by the Examiners of Public Accounts of the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008.

k)     Review and comments, if any, for improvement of the board’s webpage and information posted.

l)       Other accounting issues, if any.

F. Ralph Dowdy, CPA, Regina McDaniel, CPA, and Bill Brodeur, Sec/Treas

 

 

7)      Discussions on the status of the request for information (RFI) to consider the development and deployment of an IP solution for a statewide network for wireless and wire-line operations, integrated with an available federal grant to the State of Alabama.

Ron Sleeper, Chairman

8)     Report from the Cost Recovery Committee.

Bill Brodeur, Sec/Treas

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

Bill Brodeur, Sec/Treas

10)Report on the status of inspections planned and completed by Roger Wilson and Bill Brodeur to certify qualifying ECDs implementation of Phase II Enhanced 9-1-1 systems.

Roger Wilson and Bill Brodeur, Sec/Treas

11) New business for the next Board meeting:

a)     Discussions regarding Governor Riley’s Executive Order Number 47, dated April 8, 2009.

b)     Other items of new business, if any.

Chairman Ron Sleeper

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

a)     Date –  May 15th, 2009.

b)     Place – AT&T Conference Room at the Colonnade, Birmingham, AL

c)      Time – 9:00 a.m. Cost Recovery meeting - 9:15 a.m. Board meeting

Chairman Ron Sleeper

13) Adjourn.

 

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