Communications Infrastructure Committee

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Thursday, May 10, 2012 - 3:30pm to 5:30pm

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COMMITTEE: COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE
* DATE: Thursday May 10th, 2012
* TIME: 3:30 p.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. Elections of Chair, Vice-Chair and Secretary
4. Adopt draft minutes of March 15, 2012 meeting.
5. Public Comment
6. Communications

7. Business items
a) Update on Towers
i. Update on narrowbanding

b) Update on Fiber
i. EDA Grant – Update – Approved to move forward with RFB

c) Update on recording of County Meetings

d) Report from Fire, EMS & Police Representative on Communications

8. Next Meeting

9. Adjournment
 

Unapproved
PDF icon 05-10-2012_draft_minutes_0.pdf (23 KB)

May 10, 2012
Approved

Members Present: Tommy Lee Bychinski, Mark Smooth Detter, Scott Von Asten
Others Present: Tim Stieve, Phil Raab, Richard Meister, Kevin Stieve, Kevin Fults, Kathy Schauf

1. Meeting called to order by Bychinski at 3:30 p.m. Compliance with Open Meeting Law was met.

2. Adopt Agenda: Motion by Detter, second by Von Asten to approve agenda. Carried.

3. Election of Chair, Vice-Chair and Secretary:
Chair: Motion by Detter to nominate Bychinski for Chair; 2nd by Von Asten. Motion Carried.
Vice Chair: Motion by Bychinski 2nd by VonAsten to nominate Detter for Vice-Chair. Motion Carried.
Secretary: Motion by Bychinski to nominate VonAsten for Secretary, 2nd by Detter. Motion Carried.

3. Approve minutes: Motion by Detter, 2nd by Bychinski to approve 3-15-2012 meeting minutes. Carried.

4. Public Comment - None.

5. Communications – Bychinski noted that Pate would not be present and handed out a new article from the Baraboo News on the Video recording of meetings. Kathy Schauf also addressed what she has been working on with Steve.

6. Business Items:
a. Update on Towers
i. Phil updated the committee on Narrowbanding and maintenance being completed at the towers.
ii. Tim provided an overview/history of what has taken place with the Communications Infrastructure. Tim reviewed a large map with all the towers and fiber optic loop.
b. Update on Fiber
i. EDA Grant: Tim noted that approval has finally been received to move forward with bidding the project. Request for bid went out on 5-9-2012. Tim provided an overview on the Grant and the Fiber Optic loop in Sauk County.
c. Update of Video recording of county meetings. Steve Pate was unable to attend no further input other than those covered under communications.
d. Report from Fire, EMS and Police Representatives.
- Kevin Stieve provided an overview of the MABAS System and inquired about a possible
implementation date for the draft frequency plan developed by Phil. Tim advised we will
take comments until around mid-June and then will implement any changes and issue the
final plan by the end of June, which will allow time to incorporate the plans into
narrowbanding programming.
- EMS representative Josh Kowalke was unable to attend this meeting.
- No Law Enforcement report.

7. Next regular meeting is tentatively scheduled for June 7, 2012 at 3:15 p.m.
8. Adjourn: Motion by Detter, second by Von Asten to adjourn. Carried.