Meeting Agenda

 

Alabama Wireless 911 Board

Montgomery, Alabama

December 14, 2007 (Friday)

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: 

Representative Tommy Sherer, 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 10:00 a.m.)

Bill Brodeur, Sec/Treas

2)     Board meeting (10:00 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 on claims for refund and/or status of prepaid issues.

c)      Report on the status of the complaint filed against the Board by T-Mobile and related companies.

d)     Report and billing for special work during the month.

e)     Report on communications and compliance with recent legislation, and communications with the Alabama Emergency Communication District Long-Range Study Commission.

f)       Status of the letter to ECDs requiring submission of Phase II implementation plans and cost estimates by December 31, 2007.

g)     Other legal issues, if any.

Jim Sasser, Attorney

 

 

 

6)     Accountants’ report:

a)     Review of the current financial statements.

b)     Report on feedback from the Sunset Review hearing on September 20, 2007.

c)      Update on the implementation of ACH transfers for cost recovery payments, monthly ECD distributions, and payment of expenses.

d)     Report and billing for special work during the month.

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

 

 

e)     Report 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.

f)       Report on discussions with the Alabama Examiners of Public Accounts regarding receipt of the final audit report of the Board for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2006, and scheduling the audit for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2007.

g)     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, and Regina McDaniel

9)      Report on the status of Phase II equipment update guidelines being developed by Roger Wilson and Bill Brodeur.

Roger Wilson and Bill Brodeur, Sec/Treas

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

a)     Date –  January 18, 2008

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

c)      Time – 9:00 Cost Recovery meeting - 10:00 Board meeting

Chairman Ron Sleeper

11)Adjourn.

 

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