Meeting Agenda

Alabama Wireless 9-1-1 Board Montgomery, Alabama	May 21, 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: Christine Parish, and Maria Catledge
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 compliance audit by the Examiners of Public Accounts of the fiscal year ended September 30, 2009. c) Status report on the ECD consent forms received to apply their portion of the $480,000 distribution toward the match portion of the DOT grant. d) Review and comments, if any, for improvement of the board’s webpage and information posted. e) 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. Seventy five of the eighty eight Alabama ECDs have consented for their allocable distributions ($430,673) 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: a) Consideration of contract with AUM Center for Business & Economic Development to coordinate the RFP/ITB for the hardware/software acquisitions from the DOT Commerce Grant funds. b) Other items of new business, if any.	Chairman Roger Wilson
13) Selection of dates, place, and time for the next board meetings: a) Date - June 25^th b) Date - July 23^rdor 30^th c) Date – August 20^th d) Place – Birmingham Regional EMS System, 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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