Communications Infrastructure Committee

DATE: December 6th, 2006

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

Others Present: Tim Stieve, Phil Raab, Richard Meister, Marty Krueger, John Liesveld

  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 Montgomery, second by Hartje to adopt agenda.
    Carried.
  3. Adopt draft minutes of November: Motion by Hartje, second by Sinklair to approve the minutes.
    Carried.
  4. Public Comment: Marty Krueger was present to report on the suggestions for Committee oversight of the Communications System once the work of the CIC is completed. The consensus is that there will be a committee that will specifically address the Communications System issues and it will include one member each from Property & Insurance, Law Enforcement, Finance, MIS and one other committee.
  5. Communications: None.
  6. Business Items:

    Update on Fiber Optics: An e-mail from Ellis was passed out showing the status of the Hwy 78 Fiber. At this point 4 1/2 miles of duct has been installed with about a mile of boring left to go. Once the duct is completed the Fiber will be puled in and then terminated. Ellis still feels that work will be completed by the middle of December.

    Update on all Tower sites (Agenda items 6b - 6i): Phil handed out a color coded spreadsheet (attached) showing the tower sites and what is turned on, what is waiting to be turned on and what equipment still needs to be installed. Phil reviewed this document tower by tower. It was noted that an update should be provided by Tim & Phil at the next County Board Meeting.

  7. Next Regular Meeting: Next meeting was set for January 3rd, 2007 at 7:30 a.m. at the Courthouse EMBS Meeting Room.

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

Submitted By: Timothy R. Stieve, December 11th, 2006