Pecos Valley Regional Communications Center Board

Pecos Valley Regional Communications Center Board of Directors Minutes Held in the Chaves County Administration Building Wednesday, October 04, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. The meeting convened at 1331 hrs. with Britt Snyder presiding, Joe Neeb, Devin Graham, Dennis Kintigh, Stan Riggs and Mike Stanton being present. Monte Baker being absent. Others attending were: Tracy Laney, Barbara Andrews, Joe Portio, Sharon Coll, Ashley Armijo, Mike Mathews, Justin Powell, Karen Sanders, Jason Sweatfield, Michael McClain, Bill Keck, Jerry Janow, Scott Oullette, Brian Erickson and Bill Williams A motion to approve the agenda was made by Joe Neeb, and seconded by Stan Riggs. A voice vote was unanimous and the motion passed with Monte Baker being absent. A motion to approve the minutes from 09.06.2017 was made by Stan Riggs and seconded by Devin Graham. A voice vote was unanimous and the motion passed with Monte Baker being absent. Action Items: Discussion of renewal of BLM Leases for Comanche and Mesa Tower Sites. Karen Sanders stated that she has had these tower leases in her office and that they expire at the end of 2019. We are checking now to find out if we have the required Insurance in order to provide proof for the renewal. Non Action Items: Staffing Report- Tracy Laney stated that we had 48 Applicants, we have had at least 14 pass the test so, we have enough to conduct interviews Digital Radio Project- Brit Snyder advised that we are needing a tower down in the valley, the digital radios at Comanche drop off around Dexter and the digital radios at 6 mile drop off around Hagerman. Tracy Laney stated that the RFD was going to switch to Digital two weeks ago but had problems with audio quality and so they stayed on Analog. After this test when we switched back to digital our radio in the back room did not switch to analog. Closed Session: Devin Graham made a motion: I make a motion that the board (voting members only) go into closed session pursuant to NMSA n1978 10-15-1 (H0(2) to discuss limited personnel matters related to Management of board employees. A role call vote was taken: Brit Snyder-yes, Mike Stanton-yes, Monte Baker-absent, Devin Graham-yes, Stanton Riggs-yes, Joe Neeb-yes, Dennis Kintigh-yes. The motion passed at 2:02 pm with Monte Baker being absent. Page 1 of 2 At 2:43 the meeting was re-convened by Brit Snyder. Devin Graham made a statement that for the record the Board is back in open session at 1444; we had a closed session pursuant to NMSA 1978 10-15-1 (H)(2) to discuss limited personnel matters related to Management of board employees. No action was taken and no votes were made. Announcement: A working group meeting to discuss purchasing additional repeaters will be October 10th at 2:30pm. Next Board Meeting 11-01-2017 at 1:30 pm. Adjournment A motion to adjourn was made by Stan Riggs and seconded by Devin Graham 2:55 p.m. Page 2 of 2