October 25, 2006
Meeting Minutes
Authority Members Present: Bill Beahan, Pete Carey, David Felice,
Manuel Navarro, Bud Silloway, Robert
Weller, Marcus Woodward and Paul Zani.
Authority Members Absent: Tim Sullivan
Vacancies: None
Other Personnel Present: James Anderson, System Manager, Linda
Alexander, Legal Counsel and Christy
Davis, Administrative Assistant.
1) Call to Order:
The October 25, 2006
regular session meeting of the
Authority was called to order at 2:00 PM by Vice-Chair Robert Weller. 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 David
Felice to excuse Tim Sullivan; second by Pete
Carey.
Motion passed unanimously on voice vote by the 8 Authority Members present.
3) Introductions:
The audience and Authority
Members introduced themselves.
4) Public to be Heard:
No items were brought
forth at this time.
5) Consent Calendar:
A - Approve the September 27, 2006 Authority Minutes.
B - Approve
the October financial statement and authorize payment of
the monthly bills.
C - Re-appointment
of Robert Weller for second term.
Mr. Anderson stated he had received a letter from Mr. Weller indicating
his desire to serve a second term after his first term expires in November.
Motion was made by Manuel Navarro to approve the consent calendar;
second by David Felice.
Motion passed unanimously on voice vote by the 8 Authority Members
present.
6) Report by the System Manager:
Mr. Anderson thanked all
those who had attended the EWS press conference and
he said that all three networks and The Gazette were there and had run stories.
7) Approve Authority Resolutions:
A - Resolution 06-13, A
RESOLUTION HONORING KRIS MILLER AS THE
TELECOMMUNICATOR OF THE
THIRD QUARTER OF 2006.
Motion was made by Dave Felice to approve the resolution; second by
Bill Beahan.
Motion passed on roll call vote with 8 ayes and 1 not present.
Vice-Chair
Robert Weller and
and gift certificate to Kris.
8) Reports by Standing Committees:
A - CAD Users Group
Next Tuesday
is the Visicon conference and Mr. Anderson, John Norman,
Glen Athey and Bob Ricketts will be attending and talking to TriTech
about “issues”. Mr. Anderson also stated that for the past three weeks the
weekly RCAD conference calls had been cancelled.
B - PSAP
Managers Committee
Kim reported that a meeting had been held and geocast had been
discussed as well as choosing the telecommunicator of the quarter.
It was at this time brought to the Authority’s attention that the next
meeting falls on the Wednesday prior to Thanksgiving and it was
thought this would result in poor attendance.
Motion was made by Pete Carey to vacate the November 22nd meeting and
reschedule
it for November 29th; seconded by
Motion passed unanimously on voice vote by the 8 Authority Members
present.
The required notice will be posted in the Gazette. It was also noted that
the
meeting will begin at 1:30 PM in order to conduct the 2007 budget
hearing prior to
the regular session.
9) Old Business:
A - Discussion of 2007 budget.
Mr. Anderson
stated that a new draft was included in the packages and
that it should be the final revision. He further stated that any changes
were indicated in red and those include: an additional $50,000 in the
JKA Consulting line to permit the hiring of another QA analyst as other
agencies request assistance with their Qing, the CSPD line will also go
down, and EPSO will be rolling over some funds from this year to next
for AFR.
Mr. Anderson
informed the Authority that the current company in charge
of the outside maintenance and landscaping, Executive Lawn Care had
been doing an unsatisfactory job. He has received a bid from Finsterwald
for snow removal and would like them to also take over the year round
maintenance and landscaping. The cost would be slightly more a year but
it would be worth it for better service.
10) New Business:
A - Attorney
update on Qwest litigation
A letter from the attorney had been included in the packets. The letter
states a need of up to $10,000 to help pay costs in the suit against Qwest.
If the total cost exceeds that amount the Authority will be informed.
Motion was made by David Felice to approve an expenditure up to
$10,000 on the lawsuit against Qwest; second by Paul Zani.
Motion passed unanimously on voice vote by the 8 Authority Members
present.
11) Adjournment:
A motion was made by Manuel Navarro to adjourn the meeting; seconded by
David Felice.
Motion passed unanimously on voice vote.
Meeting
was adjourned at 2:35 PM.
Submitted
for Approval By:
David
Felice, Authority Secretary