Meeting Agenda

Alabama Wireless 9-1-1 Board Montgomery, Alabama	February 19, 2010 – (Friday) 9:00 a m – 12:00 (Or Until Finished) Place – Birmingham Regional EMS 1114 16^th Street, South Birmingham, Alabama 35205
Chairman: Roger Wilson
Other Board Members:
Senator Bobby Singleton, Representative Tommy Sherer, Leslie Bonet, Bill Brodeur, Johnny Hart, and Jeremiah Knight
Advisors: Attorney – James T. Sasser Accountants – F. Ralph Dowdy, CPA, and Regina S. McDaniel, CPA
Guests:
Agenda Items:
1) Cost Recovery Committee meeting (9:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.)		Chairman Bill Brodeur
2) Board meeting (9:30 a.m.) - Opening comments and introduction of guests.		Chairman Roger Wilson
3) Roll call and confirmation of a quorum to conduct the board meeting.		James T. Sasser, Attorney
4) General discussion of the items to be covered during the meeting, and approval of the agenda.		Chairman Roger Wilson
5) Review, discussion, and approval of the prior board meeting minutes.		Chairman Roger Wilson
6) Attorney’s report: a) General report on legal issues. b) 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. c) Status and update on litigation between the Board and TracFone. d) Report on the status of the petition filed by the board challenging TracFone’s request for designation in the State of Alabama as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier (ETC). e) Other legal issues, if any.		James T. Sasser, Attorney

7) Accountants’ report: a) Review of the current financial statements. b) Report on the status of the independent CPA firm’s audit of the board’s September 30, 2009 financial statements. c) Report on the status of the compliance audit by the Examiners of Public Accounts of the fiscal year ended September 30, 2009. d) Status report on the ECD annual certifications received for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2010. e) Review and comments, if any, for improvement of the board’s webpage and information posted. f) Status of travel requests for the NENA “9-1-1 Goes To Washington” trip scheduled for March 14-17, 2010. g) Other accounting issues, if any.	F. Ralph Dowdy, CPA, Regina McDaniel, CPA, and Bill Brodeur, Sec / Treas
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 the approved $600,000 distribution from the board’s operating account to the ECDs of 80% ($480,000) for matching funds for the DOT Commerce Grant, and the balance of 20% ($120,000) to the escrow cost recovery accounts. Fifty eight of the eighty eight Alabama ECDs have consented for their allocable distributions to be utilized for the DOT Commerce Grant matching funds. Selection of the entity to provide administration of the grant has not been finalized.	Chairman Roger Wilson
11) Status of the DOT Commerce Grant (maximum $950,000), and development of a management structure for administration of the $1.166 million total funds (grant funds - $686,000; and currently-approved matching funds - $480,000).	Chairman Roger Wilson
12) New business for the next Board meeting: a) Items of new business, if any.	Chairman Roger Wilson
13) Selection of dates, place, and time for the next board meetings: a) Date - March 26^th b) Date - April 23^rd c) Date – May 21^st d) Place – Birmingham Regional EMS, Birmingham, AL e) Time – 9:00 a.m. Cost Recovery meeting - 9:30 a.m. Board meeting	Chairman Roger Wilson
14) Adjourn.
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