El Paso – Teller E9-1-1 Authority

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 El Paso – Teller E9-1-1

            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 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 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 Connie Chavez presented the award

                        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 Paul Zani.

 

                        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