Meeting Agenda

 

Alabama Wireless 9-1-1 Board

Montgomery, Alabama

July 22, 2009

9:00 a m – 12:00 (Or Until Finished)

Place – Southern Linc Conference Room

600 University Park Place, Suite 400

Birmingham, Alabama  35209

Chairman:

        Johnny Hart

Other Board Members: 

Senator Bobby Singleton, Representative Tommy Sherer, Bill Brodeur, Leslie Bonet, and Roger Wilson

Advisors:

        Attorney – James T. Sasser

        Accountants – F. Ralph Dowdy, CPA, and Regina S. McDaniel, CPA

Guests:

          Gary Lavender, Michael Kassouf  

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 Johnny Hart

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 Johnny Hart

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

James T. Sasser, Attorney

6)     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)     Status of the filing of a demand letter for amounts due from TracFone as a result of the “Report of Expert Witness”, dated May 20, 2009, and approved by the Board.

e)     Report on discussions with attorneys from Sirote Permutt regarding their representation of TracFone on certain requests from TracFone.

f)       Report on the preparation and filing of a petition challenging TracFone’s request for designation in the State of Alabama as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier (ETC).

g)     Report on the applicability of Gov. Riley Executive Orders 46 & 47.        

h)     Other legal issues, if any.

James T. Sasser, Attorney

 

 

 

7)     Accountants’ report:

a)     Review of the current financial statements.

b)     Status report on the non-compliant Phase II ECDs submissions of 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)     Report on the status of Perry County’s Phase II compliance with the June 14, 2009 deadline.

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

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

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

h)     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) Final report on the inspections 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

11) New business for the next Board meeting:

a)     Items of new business, if any.

Chairman Johnny Hart

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

a)     Date –  August 14th or 21st, 2009.

b)     Place – Southern LINC Conference Room, Birmingham, AL

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

Chairman Johnny Hart

13) Adjourn.

 

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