Meeting Agenda

Alabama Wireless 911 Board Montgomery, Alabama	February 20, 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: Vice-Chairman Johnny Hart
Attendees:
Senator Bobby Singleton, Representative Tommy Sherer, Bill Brodeur, Leslie Bonet, Roger Wilson, Jim Sasser, F. Ralph Dowdy, and Regina McDaniel
Guests: Gary Lavender
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 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) Report on the status of Disclosure Statements and Contract Review for all contracts in excess of $5,000. e) Report on the request for the governor’s approval of the travel requests for board members’ attendance of the Critical Issues Forum in Washington, D C in March 2009. f) Update and report 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. 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) Billing for special work during the month. e) Report on the status of the audits of T-Mobile and TracFone by the Board’s external audit firm. f) Report on the proposals received from financial institutions for the Board’s banking relationship, and recommendation for approval. g) Report on the status of ECD annual certifications received. h) Status of the payment to Auburn University for services provided to the Long-Range Planning Commission. i) Report on the status of the financial audit being performed by Jeffery A. Hilyer’s firm. j) 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) 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 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
10) New business for the next Board meeting, if any.		Chairman Ron Sleeper
11) Selection of date, place, and time for the next board meeting: a) Date – March 20^th, 2009. 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
12) Adjourn.
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