July 23, 2008
Meeting Minutes
Authority Members Present: Pete Carey, Michael Gower, Bud Silloway,
Marcus Woodward and Paul Zani.
Authority Members Absent: Bill Beahan, Ron Gibson, Jim Grayson and
Vacancies: None
Other Personnel Present: James Anderson, System Manager and
Christy Davis, Administrative Assistant.
1) Call to Order:
The July 23, 2008 regular
session meeting of the
Authority was called to order at 2:00 PM by Vice-Chair, Paul Zani. The
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 Pete
Carey to excuse Bill Beahan, Ron Gibson and
James Grayson; second by Bud Silloway.
Motion passed unanimously on voice vote by the 5 Authority Members
present.
3) Introductions:
Authority Members and the
audience exchanged introductions.
4) Public to be Heard:
No items were brought forth at this time.
5) Consent Calendar:
A - Approve the minutes of the June 25, 2008 Authority Meeting.
B - Approve
the July financial statement and authorize payment of the
monthly
bills.
Motion was made by Bud Silloway to approve the consent calendar;
second by Marcus Woodward.
Motion passed unanimously on voice vote by the 5 Authority Members
present.
Robert Weller phoned in to say he would be unable to attend the meeting.
Motion was made by Pete Carey to excuse Robert Weller; second by
Michael Gower.
Motion passed unanimously on voice vote by the 5 Authority Members
present.
6) Report by the System Manager:
Mr. Anderson wished to add
that regarding the UPS problem at EPSO, the
unit was switched out for a new one. He also said that Fountain Mobile CAD is
complete.
7) Approve Authority Resolutions:
A - Resolution 08-10, A
RESOLUTION HONORING LINDA SIMMONS AS
TELECOMMUNICATOR
OF THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2008.
Motion was made by Marcus Woodward to approve the resolution; second
by Bud Silloway.
Motion passed on voice vote with 5 ayes and 4 not present.
Linda Simmons will be presented with her award at the August meeting.
B - Resolution
08-11, A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE 2007
AUDIT OF
THE EL PASO – TELLER
COUNTY EMERGENCY TELEPHONE
SERVICE AUTHORITY
(AUTHORITY) AS SUBMITTED BY
OSBORNE, PARSONS &
ROSACKER, CERTIFIED PUBLIC
ACCOUNTANTS.
Motion was made by Bud Silloway to approve the resolution; second by
Paul Zani.
Motion was passed on voice vote with 5 ayes and 4 not present.
8) Reports by Standing Committees:
A - CAD
Users Group
No report.
B - PSAP
Manager’s Group
Liz had nothing to report at this time but Tina Young informed the board
that CSPD had been contacted by the Discovery Channel, and that they
were interested in doing a story about 911.
9) Old Business:
There were no items for discussion.
10) New Business:
A - Discussion and vote on gifts for dispatchers.
A hand out with options was distributed to the Authority. The gifts will
have to be ordered soon in order to be here by September 11th (9-1-1 Day)
so it was hoped that a decision could be made today.
Motion was made by Michael Gower to approve the purchase of 9-1-1
tactical bags and water bottles for 9-1-1 day; second by Marcus
Woodward.
Motion passed unanimously on voice vote by the 5 Authority Members
present.
B - New
9-1-1 statute interpretation.
Mr. Cole was not available for comment but Mr. Anderson said that the
intent of the statute is to ensure 9-1-1 funds are used for 9-1-1 purposes
only. The attorney will be looking at the most current audit and will
determine if the criteria are met under the statute.
C - 2007
Annual Report.
A copy of the report was given to Authority members to look over. Any
comments or corrections should be forwarded to Ben Bills as soon as
possible.
D - Network
Omni, over the phone interpretation service.
Network Omni is no longer in business and they have made an
arrangement for AT&T Language Line to take over the service.
The pricing is supposed to stay the same, for now at least. It was
discussed that an RFP be prepared to see if any other companies
provide these services and at what price.
Motion was made by Bud Silloway to sign a service agreement with
Language Line for the rest of 2008, pending legal review; second by Pete
Carey.
Motion passed unanimously on voice vote by the 5 Authority Members
present.
12) Adjournment:
A motion was made by Paul Zani to adjourn the meeting; seconded by Bud
Silloway.
Motion passed unanimously on voice vote.
Meeting was adjourned at 2:32 PM.
Submitted for Approval By:
Michael Gower, Authority Secretary