Meeting Agenda

 

Alabama Wireless 911 Board

Montgomery, Alabama

May 16, 2006

10:00 a m – 12:00 (Until Finished)  Tenants Conference Room

100 Concourse Parkway Building

Birmingham, Alabama

 

Meeting Facilitator: Chairman Johnny Hart

Attendees: 

Ron Sleeper, Bill Brodeur, Leslie Bonet, Roger Wilson, Jim Sasser, Max Armstrong,           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 Hart

3.   General discussion of the items to be covered during the meeting.

Chairman Hart

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 the status of the board’s resolution requesting a review of the AG opinion regarding the shared funding from ECDs for road signs maintenance and/or replacements.

c)      Other legal issues, if any.

Jim Sasser, Attorney

6.   Accountants’ report:

a)        Review of the current financial statements.

b)        Report on the compilation of information received to date from reporting ECD’s regarding the cost study that was mandated by law to be completed on or before July 1, 1999.

c)         Update on the implementation of ACH transfers for the monthly ECD distributions and expenses.

d)        Report on the status of customer counts and systems utilized by carriers to prepare monthly remittance reports.

e)        Discussions on the selection of external audit firm for the current year.

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

 

 

7.   Discussions on the date and timing of the distributions of the Phase II cost recovery requests, if any.

F. Ralph Dowdy and Regina McDaniel

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, and Regina McDaniel

10.    Report to the board on the status of the annual certifications and verification of all qualifying ECDs to validate continuing distributions.

Chairman Hart, Jim Sasser, and F. Ralph Dowdy

11.    Report and discussions regarding the application of service charges to sales of prepaid cellular phones or to sales of prepaid cellular cards.

Chairman Hart, Jim Sasser, and F. Ralph Dowdy

12.    Report on discussions and correspondence with carriers regarding the number of prepaid and postpaid customers, and the methodology used to report monthly activity and the service charge payments.

F. Ralph Dowdy and Regina McDaniel

13.    Report on the status of the update of the board’s webpage and posting of current data.

F. Ralph Dowdy, and Regina McDaniel

14.    Selection of date, place, and time for the next board meeting:

a)        Date –

b)        Place –

c)         Time -

Chairman Hart and Ron Sleeper

15.    Adjourn.

 

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