Meeting Agenda

 

Alabama Wireless 911 Board

Montgomery, Alabama

October 20, 2006

10:00 a m – 12:00 (Until Finished)  Cingular 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 communications and inquiries regarding cost recovery.

c)      Review of the Accountant and Attorney contracts.

d)     Other legal issues, if any.

Jim Sasser, Attorney

6)     Accountants’ report:

a)     Review of the current financial statements.

b)     Update on the status of the cost study that was finalized and filed with the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House, the Examiners of Public Accounts, and the board’s independent auditor on September 29, 2006.

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

d)     Report on communications with the external audit firm regarding their progress and preparations for the current year’s audit, and the proposed completion of the audit within the sixty-day time period provided by the Alabama statute.

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

 

 

e)     Discussions on the status of remaining Phase I and Phase II cost recovery requests.

f)       Update on correspondence with all carriers to verify systems and data, accounting procedures and internal controls, and notification of potential audit by the board.

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

h)     Discussions regarding the fraudulent withdrawal and subsequent recovery of funds from the board’s bank account.

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, and Regina McDaniel

9)     Report on the status of board appointments.

Chairman Hart

10) Election of officers.

Chairman Hart

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

a)     Date – November 17, 2006

b)     Place – 100 Concourse Parkway Building, Birmingham, AL

c)      Time – 9:00 Cost Recovery meeting - 10:00 Board meeting

Chairman Hart and Ron Sleeper

12)Adjourn.

 

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