ALABAMA WIRELESS 9-1-1 BOARD MEETING
EMERGENCY
OPERATIONS CENTER
JANUARY 23,
2002
A quorum for the meeting was established with the following members of the board present: Lee Helms, Bill meadows, Bill Meadows, and Shelley Eslava-Carr. Attached is a list of all people who attended the meeting.
Chairman Lee Helms called the meeting to order January 23,
2002 at 10:00 am.
Motion was made by Bill Meadows to include in agenda
discussion on contract for accountant; seconded by Bill Meadows. Approval was
unanimous.
Bill Meadows made motion to approve minutes from December 5, 2001 meeting; seconded by Shelly Carr. Approval was unanimous.
Trish Latham gave a presentation on Public Information and Education Campaign for 2002 proposal for radio network. Attached is the proposal. Ms. Latham stated that the Board might be interested in being a sponsor on the Paul Finebaum Charity Golf Tournament to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. The Board will have to draw up a contract and get it approved through the Finance Department.
Bill Meadows made a motion to submit a request for a
proposal for Public Information and Education Campaign for 2002 for Public
Information Education; seconded by Bill Meadows. Approval was unanimous.
There was a discussion on
Wireless E-9-1-1 being a sponsor for the Paul Finebaum Charity Golf
Tournament. May be able to Co-Op
with NENA or a wireless carrier.
The board will check into this further. There is a deadline of February 15,
2002. Trish Latham will check and
see if there are any carriers interested.
Jim Porter, attorney,
gave a report on the last legislation and also stated that he is beginning to
get a good response from municipalities in Jefferson
County.
Lynne Boucher,
accountant, gave a report on the financial statement for December. Statement attached.
Bill Meadows made a motion to approve the financial
statement; seconded by Bill Meadows.
Approval was unanimous.
Bill Meadows gave a
report on the Cost Recovery Committee.
Bill Meadows made a motion to approve Cost Recovery Plans for FY 2002 for: Farmers Cellular – Recurring $48,911.04, total $48,911.04
Southern Linc Nonrecurring $63,319.96, recurring $280,232.48, total $48,552.44; seconded by Shelly Carr. Approval was unanimous.
Bill Meadows made a motion to approve reimbursement request for Farmers for October, November, and December 2001; and for their 2002 plan $10,292.54; seconded by Shelly Carr. Approval was unanimous.
Bill Meadows made a motion to approve reimbursement request for Cingular for September 2001 for $14,390.49; seconded by Shelly Carr. Approval was unanimous.
Art gave an update on the
ANI failures for Calhoun County 9-1-1 district. (Report attached). Art said after the last meeting he
talked to Ron Sleeper with Cingular and he assured him that they have technical
people working on this problem for Calhoun County. He also gave an update on Record
Disposal for the board.
Bill made a motion to allow the Chairman, Lee Helms, to enter into a record disposal agreement with Archives regarding the disposal of records; seconded by Bill Meadows. Approval was unanimous.
Art Faulkner stated that
the FCC meeting in Washington DC is scheduled for February 20,
2002.
Bill Meadows made a motion that any of the board members or Cost Recovery Committee that wish to do so may attend the FCC meeting; seconded by Shelly Carr. Approval was unanimous.
Bill Meadows made a motion to amend Lynne Boucher’s, accountant, contract to include $21,000 to pay for rest of the year; seconded by Shelly Carr. Approval was unanimous.
Bill Meadows made a motion to give the Chairman, Lee Helms, authority to send out RFP Accounting Services; seconded by Shelly Carr. Approval was unanimous.
Bill Meadows made a motion
Bill Meadows made a motion to adjourn; seconded by Bill Meadows. Approval was unanimous.
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Lee Helms Bill Meadows
Chairman Sec/Trea
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Mary Roper
Notary Public