Communications Infrastructure Committee

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Thursday, March 15, 2012 - 8:00am to 10:00am

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COMMITTEE: COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE DATE: Thursday, March 15, 2012 TIME: 8:00 a.m. PLACE: EMBS Meeting Room, Room 128, 510 Broadway, Courthouse, Baraboo, Wisconsin REASON FOR MEETING: Regular  Special SUBJECTS FOR DISCUSSION: 1. Call to Order and Certify Compliance with Open Meeting Law 2. Adopt agenda 3. Adopt draft minutes of February 02, 2012 meeting. 4. Public Comment 5. Communications 6. Business items a) Update on Towers i. Update on narrowbanding ii. Approve amendment to Bug Tussel Tower Space Lease Agreement, possible resolution. b) Update on Fiber i. EDA Grant – Update ii. Update on Exchange of Services agreement with Reedsburg Utilities, approve change c) Update on Videotaping of County Meetings d) Report from Fire, EMS & Police Representative on Communications 7. Next Meeting 8. Adjournment

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March 15th, 2012
APPROVED

Members Present: Tommy Lee Bychinski, Rob Sinklair, Virgil Hartje
Others Present: Tim Stieve, Phil Raab, Richard Meister, Kevin Stieve, Kevin Fults

1. Meeting called to order by Bychinski at 8:00 a.m. Compliance with Open Meeting Law was met.

2. Adopt Agenda: Motion by Sinklair, second by Hartje to approve agenda. Carried.

3. Approve minutes: Motion by Sinklair, 2nd by Hartje to approve 2-2-2012 meeting minutes with one correction under 6. c., should read “Video Recording” versus “Videotaping”. Carried.

4. Public Comment - None.

5. Communications – Tim noted the EMS Representatives did call to note that they would be unable to attend this meeting and had nothing to report.

6. Business Items:
a. Update on Towers
i. Phil updated the committee on Narrowbanding. Planning a date for the switch in August.
ii. Tim presented an amendment for the Bug Tussel Tower Lease Agreement. Tim noted that if
a resolution would be required it would be addressed at the next meeting. Motion by
Sinklair, second by Hartje to approve the amendment. Carried.
b. Update on Fiber
i. EDA Grant: Tim noted that the issue with the DNR on the 404 Permit been clarified, as long as we directionally bore all wetlands there is no need to have a 404 permit. No update from the EDA.
ii. Tim noted one change and one correction in the Exchange of Services agreement with
Reedsburg Utilities. Tim noted there was a mathematical error discovered and that we
needed to add space in the county conduit at the Delton tower site back into the agreement.
The conduit space had been in the agreement but was taken out by mistake. Motion by
Hartje, 2nd by Sinklair to approve the changes. Carried.

c. Update of Video recording of county meetings. Steve Pate was not able to attend the meeting but
had advised that he had no specific update but that he was attempting to set up a meeting with
at least one of the vendors that provide these types of services.

d. Report from Fire, EMS and Police Representatives.
- No reports.

7. Next regular meeting is tentatively scheduled for April 5th, 2012 at 8:00 a.m.

8. Adjourn: Motion by Sinklair, second by Hartje to adjourn. Carried.