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SERVICE AUTHORITY BOARD
December 21st, 2010
The Weld County E-911 Emergency Telephone Service Authority Board met in session
on Tuesday, December 21st, 2010 at noon.
ROLL CALL:
The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Juan Cruz. Present were Board
Members Juan Cruz, Mitch Wagy, Kevin Halloran, Doug Rademacher, Jim Burack, and
Gary Sandau. Staff members present included Mike Savage, Dave Mathis, Anita Scrams,
and Susan Johnson. Bruce Martin represented Randy Winsett. Jerry Garner was also
present. A quorum existed.
MINUTES:
Kevin Halloran moved, Doug Rademacher seconded a motion to approve the minutes of
the November 16th, 2010 meeting, the motion was approved unanimously.
Doug Rademacher moved, Mitch Wagy seconded a motion to approve the minutes of the
December 2"", 2010 special meeting, the motion was approved unanimously.
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
The public was invited to comment on business of the E-91 I Board, no comments heard.
OLD BUSINESS:
1. Staff Report: Dave Mathis presented Dispatch stats for November 2010 [refer to
Sgt. Mathis' "November 2010 WCRCC Monthly Reports"].
• Incoming phone calls and incidents are both down slightly year to date.
• Four of our dispatchers are final candidates for hire at Ft. Collins dispatch;
Dave expressed concerns that our center could potentially lose all four early in
2011. These dispatchers will make $5-$6 per hour more than they do in Weld
County with less workload. The board discussed the hiring and screening
process for our dispatchers, Dave has asked H.R. to do another candidate
search after the New Year, to establish an eligibility list. Dave will present a
salary survey to the Board soon.
2. CAD RFP Update: Mike Savage reported that the contract with Spillman has
been signed. The project will begin after the first of the year.
• A project team will evaluate our work process to sec how it functions with
their system.
• Specs for their MDT's will be disseminated to all agencies.
• A training schedule will be established early, to get on everyone's calendars.
3. Motorola Contract: The Motorola contract was signed after Bruce Barker
approved it. The first P.O. (25%) has been dispersed for work to begin in January.
Work will begin in January.
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NEW BUSINESS:
1. Treasurer Reports: Bruce Martin submitted the November treasurer's report.
Kevin Halloran moved, Mitch Wagy seconded a motion to approve the treasurer's
report, motion carried unanimously.
2. Agreement for Auto-deposits: Last Friday Juan Cruz set up a direct deposit
authorization for the Department of Revenue to transfer Weld's share of pre-paid
wireless funds into the Weld E-911 account.
3. Follow-up with Verizon (over charging 911 fees): Verizon has been billing
customers 75cents instead of 70cents for 911 fees for the past 2 years. They will
correct these fees and reimburse customers, the E-911 fund will need to reimburse
them over an extended time, estimate $80,000-$83,000. The agreement will be
sent to Bruce Barker to ensure proper accounting.
4. Follow-up with ()west(under charging 911 fees): Juan Cruz has not heard
back from Qwest—they have been under charging customers for E-91 1 fees the
past 2 years. He will refer the matter to Bruce Barker to determine the next step.
5. CCNC Zone controller upgrade: Per Dave Mathis, Weld F-911 pays a
maintenance fee for public safety access to the zone 3 controller, along with
several other agencies. The zone 3 controller is being upgraded; the cost will be
shared among the user agencies including Weld County. The Board should
anticipate getting a bill for $2,853.49
6. Gary Sandau letter of resignation: Chief Sandau has been elected Chairman of
the Weld County Fire Chief Association; this will be a time-consuming
responsibility so he is resigning from the F-91 I Board. A new fire representative
will be elected by the Fire Chiefs to serve on the E-91 I Board. The Board thanks
Gary for his dedication and service to the Board. Doug Rademacher was also
thanked for his leadership over the past year; he will be rotating to a new
assignment as County Commissioner.
No further business was discussed, Mitch Wagy moved to adjourn, Kevin Halloran
seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously, the meeting adjourned at 11:40 p.m.
Minutes taken by Susan Johnson
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