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.

 

 

 

_________________________                                  ___________________________

Lee Helms                                                                  Bill Meadows

Chairman                                                                    Sec/Trea

 

 

 

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Mary Roper

Notary Public