Communications Infrastructure Committee

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Thursday, February 2, 2012 - 8:00am

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Agenda
Minutes

February 2, 2012 Agenda (63 KB)

REASON FOR MEETING: Special

SUBJECTS FOR DISCUSSION:
1. Call to Order and Certify Compliance with Open Meeting Law
2. Adopt agenda
3. Adopt draft minutes of January 17, 2012 meeting.
4. Public Comment
5. Communications
6. Business items

a) Update on Towers
i. Possible resolution Iowa County Tower Space Lease at/on Old Spring Green Tower.
ii. Update on narrowbanding
iii. Update on backup system to Reedsburg PD
b) Update on Fiber
i. EDA Grant - Update
ii. Possible resolution amending the Exchange of Services agreement with Reedsburg Utilities
c) Update on Videotaping of County Meetings – Presentation by Steve Pate
d) Report from Fire, EMS & Police Representative on Communications

7. Next Meeting
8. Adjournment

COPIES TO:
Bychinski Hartje Sinklair Hambrecht Meister Kowalke, J.
Stieve Raab Schauf Web Liaison Co Clerk News Media
Liebman Pate McFadzen Muchow Wilkins Stieve, K.

DATE NOTICE MAILED: January 27, 2012

PREPARED BY: Emergency Management, Buildings & Safety Department

NOTE: Any person who has a qualifying disability that requires the meeting or materials at the meeting to be in an accessible location or format should contact Sauk County at (608) 355-3269, or TTY at (608) 355-3490, between the hours of 8:00AM and 4:30PM Monday through Friday, exclusive of legal holidays, at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting so that reasonable arrangements can be made to accommodate each request.

Unapproved

02-02-2012_approved_minutes.pdf (21 KB)

February 2, 2012
APPROVED

Members Present: Tommy Lee Bychinski, Rob Sinklair, Virgil Hartje
Others Present: Tim Stieve, Phil Raab, Richard Meister, Steve Pate, Kevin Stieve, Tim Damos,
Kathy Schauf, Tim Becker, Dave Mikonowicz, Carl Gruber, 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 Hartje, second by Sinklair to approve agenda. Carried.

3. Approve minutes: Motion by Sinklair, 2nd by Hartje to approve meeting minutes from January 17, 2012 meeting. 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. Resolution approving Tower Space Lease agreement with Iowa County on Old Spring Green
Tower. Tim reviewed the agreement with the committee. Motion by Hartje, 2nd by
Sinklair to approve resolution and forward onto the County Board. Carried.
ii. Phil updated the committee on Narrowbanding. Highway was narrowbanded and all is
working well; not near the issues that everyone was thinking there would be. Phil noted that
Columbia County has done all their narrowbanding and they found the same thing that there
are not all the issues that some had anticipated.
iii. Phil provided a handout on two different options for the backup system at the Reedsburg
PD. One solution utilizes multiplexers and one would be IP based. The IP based system is approximately $3000 more but provides more future flexibility. Discussion followed. Committee agreed that pursuing the IP Based system was the way to proceed.
b. Update on Fiber
i. EDA Grant: Tim nothing new to update.
ii. Resolution amending the Exchange of Services agreement with Reedsburg Utilities. Tim
reviewed the changes to the Exchange of Services agreement. Motion by Hartje, 2nd by
Sinklair to approve resolution and forward onto the County Board. Carried.

c. Update of Video recording of county meetings. Steve Pate provided a presentation of options
and discussion followed. More research and pricing will be obtained.

d. Report from Fire, EMS and Police Representatives.
- Kevin Stieve reported on MABAS changes.

7. Next regular meeting is tentatively scheduled for March 15, 2012 at 8:00 a.m.

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