El Paso – Teller E9-1-1 Authority

August 22, 2007

Meeting Minutes

Authority Members Present:                       Bill Beahan, Pete Carey, David Felice,

                                                                        Bud Silloway, Tim Sullivan, Robert Weller,

                                                                        Marcus Woodward and Paul Zani.

Authority Members Absent:                        Manuel Navarro

Vacancies:                                                      None

Other Personnel Present:                             James Anderson, System Manager, Robert

                                                                        Cole, Legal Counsel and Christy Davis,

                                                                        Administrative Assistant.

1)         Call to Order:

The August 22, 2007 regular session meeting of the El Paso – Teller E9-1-1

            Authority was called to order at 2:00 PM by Chairman Tim Sullivan.  The

            meeting was held in the E9-1-1 boardroom, located at 2350 Airport Road,

            Colorado Springs, Colorado.

2)         Act on requests of Authority Members who have asked to be excused:

Motion was made by David Felice to excuse Manuel Navarro; second by Pete

            Carey.

Motion passed unanimously on voice vote by the 8 Authority Members present.

3)         Introductions:

Introductions were not necessary at this time.

4)         Public to be Heard:

No items were brought forth at this time.

5)         Consent Calendar:

            A -       Approve the minutes of the July 25, 2007 Authority Meeting.

            B -       Approve the August 2007 financial statement and authorize payment

                        of the monthly bills.

Motion was made by Robert Weller to approve the consent calendar;

                        second by Bud Silloway.

Motion passed unanimously on voice vote by the 9 Authority Members

present.

6)         Report by the System Manager:

Mr. Anderson reported that he had attended the APCO conference and received

            a lot of good information.  Concerning PAFB, there has been no further news or

            discussion.  The PSAP Funding agreement has been re-sent to them and if it

            doesn’t come back signed the Authority is under no obligation to continue

            funding.  The attorney will also be giving guidance as well on this issue.  It was

            discussed that a policy or plan be developed to address what would happen if any

            agency decided to no longer be a PSAP.  Another update will be given at the next

            meeting.

7)         Approve Authority Resolutions:

            A -       Resolution 07-10, A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE RATE OF                                TARIFF FOR EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SERVICE FOR EL PASO-

                        TELLER COUNTY ENHANCED 9-1-1 FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR

                        2008.

Motion was made by Robert Weller to approve the resolution and set the tariff for 2008 at $0.70; second by Bud Silloway.

Motion passed on a roll call vote with 8 ayes and 1 not present.

8)         Reports by Standing Committees:

            A –      CAD Users Group

Mr. Anderson reported that within 30 days the hope is that CAD2CAD

                        will be operational between all agencies.

B -       PSAP Managers Committee

Liz thanked the Authority for the opportunity to attend the APCO

                        conference and stated she has some valuable information on VOIP

                        and has a powerpoint presentation if anyone would be interested in seeing

                        it.  She also said that some subjects from the last PSAP Manager’s

                        meeting would be brought forward at the September meeting and that a

                        PSAP Manager’s class taught by Mr. Anderson to define the role and

                        responsibilities of managers is being discussed.

9)         Old Business:

            A -       Discussion of 2008 Draft Budget.

It was discussed that PSAP Managers making capital expenditure

                        requests would be present at the September meeting to answer any

                        questions regarding those requests.  Mr. Anderson reviewed the requests

                        and distributed his recommendations to the Authority.  It was announced

                        that during the 3^rd week of January a coding class would be offered at the

                        9-1-1 offices by Tritech.

B -       Contract for T1 service.

The pros and cons of each vendor were discussed.  It was decided that

                        Qwest could best provide for the needs of the Authority.

                        Motion was made by Robert Weller to authorize the System Manager to

                        pursue a contract with Qwest; second by Bill Beahan.

Motion passed unanimously on voice vote by the 8 Authority Members

present.

C -       Update on Qwest settlement.

Mr. Cole reported that approval is expected on August 28^th and that by

                        September we should begin to see the credit.

10)       New Business:

No items were brought forth at this time.

11)       Adjournment:

A motion was made by Robert Weller to adjourn the meeting; seconded by David

            Felice.

Meeting was adjourned at 2:41 PM.

            Submitted for Approval By:

            David Felice, Authority Secretary