February 28, 2007
Meeting Minutes
Authority Members Present: Bill Beahan, David Felice, Manuel Navarro,
Bud
Silloway,
Woodward and Paul Zani.
Authority Members Absent: Pete Carey and Robert Weller.
Vacancies: None
Other Personnel
Present:
Christy Davis, Administrative Assistant.
1) Call to Order:
The February 28, 2007
regular session meeting of the El Paso-Teller E9-1-1
Authority
was called to order at 2:00 PM by Chairman
meeting was
held in the E9-1-1 boardroom, located at
2) Act on requests of Authority Members
who have asked to be excused:
Motion was made by Bud
Silloway to excuse Pete Carey and Robert Weller;
second by David Felice.
Motion passed unanimously on voice vote by the 7 Authority Members present.
3) Introductions:
Charlotte Hughlett was
introduced as the new QA Analyst and Mike Gower
introduced Steve Oswald, a new employee in radio communications for
CSFD.
4) Public to be Heard:
Mr. Anderson wanted
members of the Authority to see a segment of “The View”
that featured a local “911 Hero”.
5) Consent Calendar:
A - Approve the minutes of the January 24, 2007 Authority Meeting.
B - Approve
the minutes of the February 1, 2007 Special Session Meeting.
C - Approve
the February 2007 financial statement and authorize
payment of the monthly
bills.
Motion was made by David Felice to approve the consent calendar;
second by Bud Silloway.
Motion passed unanimously on voice vote by the 7 Authority Members
present.
6) Report by the System Manager:
There were some additional
items for discussion. Mr. Anderson said
he would be
meeting with people from Schriever AFB to discuss the new housing going in on
base and where those 9-1-1 calls would be directed. There had also been a
request from Peterson AFB to have their center moved to the EOC. It was
discussed that this move had not been budgeted for, representatives from
Peterson rarely participate in any meetings and the high turnover rate of military
personnel in dispatch. There will be more discussion when the cost for the move
has been submitted.
It was also discussed that the press release regarding the EWS would be going out
soon and that citizens will be directed to the 9-1-1 website to enter information to
include cell phone numbers.
7) Approve Authority Resolutions:
A - Resolution 07-05, CHAIRMAN
OF THE BOARD IS AUTHORIZED TO
SIGN A MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING FOR THE
PURCHASE OF DIGITAL
ORTHOPHOTOGRAPHY.
Motion was made by Manuel Navarro to approve the resolution; second
by Bud Silloway.
Motion passed on a roll call vote with 7 ayes and 2 not present.
B - Resolution
07-06, A RESOLUTION ADOPTING A
TEMPORARY
POLICY CONCERNING DISTRIBUTION OF GEOSPATIAL DATA.
It
was discussed that new pricing was going into effect for
and that new pricing would be reflected in the final policy and resolution.
Motion was made by Marcus Woodward to approve the resolution; second
by
Motion passed on a roll call vote with 7 ayes and 2 not present.
C - Resolution
07-07, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE
ISSUANCE OF
THE AUTHORITY INSURANCE
COVERAGE FOR ONE YEAR (MARCH
2007 – MARCH 2008) WITH
VFIS AT A COST OF $19,441.00.
Motion was made by Paul Zani to approve the resolution; second by Bud
Silloway.
Motion passed on a roll cal vote with 7 ayes and 2 not present.
8) Reports by Standing Committees:
A - CAD User Group
Mr. Sullivan had no report at this time.
B - PSAP
Managers Committee
Mr. Anderson reported that Bob Ross had been elected chairman of the
committee but since that time had accepted the position of City Manager
for Cripple Creek and would no longer be in Communications. A new
chair will be elected at the April meeting.
9) Old Business:
No items were brought
forward for discussion.
10) New Business:
A - Discussion regarding vacating the March 28th
meeting and
rescheduling on March 21st.
Since spring break is the last week of March it was proposed that the
Authority move the meeting up one week.
Motion was made by Bill Beahan to vacate the March 28th meeting and
meet
on March 21st instead; second by
Motion passed unanimously on voice vote by the 7 Authority Members
present.
B - Qwest
Settlement
As per the
memo from the attorney regarding the terms for settlement with
Qwest, the following motion was made:
Motion was made by David Felice to authorize the Board Chair, Vice-
Chair and Secretary to sign a settlement agreement with Qwest, the
specific language of which is to be first approved by the signors, the
System Manager and the Authority’s legal counsel, with terms to include
the following elements or similar terms at least as financially favorable to
the Authority: 1) The new Qwest E911 tariff be set at a rate of $10.50 per
100
lines, per month. 2) The
will not protest the new Qwest E911 tariff. 3) The Authority will dismiss
its complaint in PUC litigation, Docket No. 06F-039T. 4) Qwest agrees
that the new E911 tariff rate be effective a minimum of 3 years, unless the
State-wide total records in the Selective router base drops 10% or more, at
which time Qwest can seek to adjust rates to maintain revenues under the
E911 tariff at $3,865,000 annually. 5) Qwest provide the Authority a
credit against its E911 tariff charges equal to the difference between the
old and new tariff rates from September 15, 2006. Seconded by Manuel
Navarro.
Motion passed unanimously on voice vote by the 7 Authority Members
present.
11) Adjournment:
A motion was made by
Manuel Navarro to adjourn the meeting; seconded by
Paul Zani.
Motion passed unanimously on voice vote.
Meeting was adjourned at 2:35 PM.
Submitted for Approval By:
David Felice, Authority
Secretary