Communications Infrastructure Committee

DATE: February 7th, 2007

Members Present: Tommy Lee Bychinski, Virgil Hartje, Charlie Montgomery, Rob Sinklair, Son Stevens

Others Present: Tim Stieve, Phil Raab, Ellis McFadzen

1. Meeting called to order by Chair Bychinski at 7:30 a.m. Certification of compliance with Open Meeting Law was met.
2. Adopt agenda: Motion by Hartje, second by Stevens to adopt agenda.
   Carried.
3. Adopt draft minutes of December: Motion by Montgomery, second by Hartje to approve the minutes.
   Carried.
4. Public Comment: Tim noted he received a call from a newspaper about a letter received complaining about not making money on fiber. It was noted to the paper that the main purpose was for the tower to tower communications and the leasing was a side benefit.
5. Communications: Tim noted an e-mail from Bill Wenzel about marketing the fiber.
6. Business Items:
   • Update on Fiber Optics: Fiber ring is completed. Discussed the comments noted under public comments and communications. Tim noted he is working on a "booklet" for addressing what is available at all tower sites. Discussed the final billing from White Construction and handed out his letter requesting more money than that approved by Ellis. Tim noted Terry White's concerns. Ellis explained the reasoning for his approval and noted that he had provided for additional pay to White construction for the tougher areas. Motion by Montgomery, 2nd by Sinklair to pay the billing of $93,919.43.
     Carried.
   • Update on all Tower sites (Agenda items 6b - 6i): Phil went through all the towers and explained what was turned on at each site. Phil also noted he is doing some research on an additional repeater channel. Discussed other technologies that are out there, what users of the system are needing and that we need to continue to look into the various technologies. It was suggested that we have a meeting of all users in the near future to talk about these technology needs.
7. Next Regular Meeting: Next meeting was set for March 7th 2007 at 7:30 a.m. at the Courthouse EMBS Meeting Room.
8. Adjourn: Move to adjourn by Hartje, second by Sinklair.
   Carried.

Submitted by: Timothy R. Stieve, February 12th, 2007