Meeting Agenda

 

Alabama Wireless 911 Board

Montgomery, Alabama

November 14, 2008

9:00 a m – 12:00 (Or Until Finished)

Place – Tenants Conference Room

100 Concourse Parkway Building

Birmingham (Riverchase), Alabama

 

Meeting Facilitator: Chairman Ron Sleeper

Attendees: 

Senator Bobby Singleton, Representative Tommy Sherer, Ron Sleeper, Johnny Hart, Bill Brodeur, Leslie Bonet, Roger Wilson, Jim Sasser, F. Ralph Dowdy, and Regina McDaniel

Guests:   

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, initially scheduled for trial in October 2008.

d)     Update and report on the legal issues of the litigation initiated by T-Mobile against the board.

e)     Report on the status of Disclosure Statements and Contract Review for all contracts in excess of $5,000.

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

g)     Update on the status of the Board’s banking relationship and review of the request for proposal (RFP).

h)     Report on the status of ECD annual certifications received.

i)       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)  Discussions regarding 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.

Roger Wilson, Johnny Hart, and Bill Brodeur

11) New business for the next Board meeting, if any.

Chairman Ron Sleeper

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

a)     Date –  December 19, 2008

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

13) Adjourn.

 

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