Meeting Agenda

Alabama Wireless 9-1-1 Board Montgomery, Alabama	September 24, 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:
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) Report on the status of the bank account to administer the DOT Commerce Grant funds. d) Review and comments, if any, for improvement of the board’s webpage and information posted. e) Review of banking issues; 1) SAFE compliance; 2) signature cards for changes in signatories; and 3) investment of bank balances. f) 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) Status of the DOT Commerce Grant, and report on the status of the administration of $1.9 million total funds (grant funds - $950,000; and currently-approved matching funds - $950,000). Minimum grant funds $686,230 approved, and supplemental funds request of $263,770	Chairman Roger Wilson
11) Report from The AUM Center for Business & Economic Development on the Requests For Proposal (RFP) for the hardware and software acquisitions from the DOT Commerce Grant funds. a) Other items, if any.	Chairman Roger Wilson
12) New business. a) Report on the presentation by the Alabama Supercomputer Authority (ASA) of the Alabama Next Generation Emergency Network (ANGEN), an IP based 9-1-1 network being developed in cooperation by ALNENA, AAND, and the Alabama Department of Homeland Security, and the current status of the project. b) Review of the request received from Shelby County 9-1-1 to include the City of Helena population in the Shelby County statistics for the monthly income allocations. c) Other new business, if any.	Chairman Roger Wilson
13) Selection of dates, place, and time for the next board meetings: a) Date – October 22^nd b) Date – November 19^th c) Date – December 17^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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