Pecos Valley Regional Communications Center Board

AGENDA Pecos Valley Regional Communications Center Board of Directors Wednesday, February 07, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. Chaves County Administrative Building- Training Room A/ SEVA'n. CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Request approval of minutes from the 1.03.2018 ACTION ITEMS None NON ACTION ITEMS 2. Staffing Report- Update 3. Digital Radio Project- Update ANNOUNCEMENTS Next meeting 3-07-2018 at 1:30 p.m. ADJOURNMENT Notice of this meeting has been given to the public in compliance with Sections 10-15-1 through 10-15-4 NMSA 1978 and Resolution 17-49. If you are an individual with a disability who is in need of a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter, or any other form of auxiliary aid or service to attend or participate in the hearing or meeting, please contact Human Resources at 575-624-6700 at least one week prior to the meeting or as soon as possible. Public documents including the agenda and minutes can be provided in various accessible formats. Please contact the City Clerk at 575-624-6700 if a summary or other type of accessible format is needed. Printed and posted: 02.02.2018 Pecos Valley Regional Communications Center Board of Directors Minutes Held in the Chaves County Administration Building Wednesday, January 03, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. The meeting convened at 1331 hrs. with Britt Snyder presiding, Devin Graham, Bill Williams proxy for Stan Riggs, Mike Mathews proxy for Joe Neeb, Mike Stanton proxy for Phil Smith, and Mike McClain Proxy for Monte Baker being present. Dennis Kintigh being absent. Others attending were: Karen Sanders, Sharon Coll, Daniel Ornelas, Ashley Armijo, Jason Sweaffield, Barbara Andrews, Mike Stanton, Keli McKenna and Tracy Laney. A motion to approve the agenda was made by Devin Graham and seconded by Bill Williams. A voice vote was unanimous and the motion passed with Dennis Kintigh being absent. A motion to approve the minutes from 12.06.2017 was made by Mike Stanton and seconded by Devin Graham. A voice vote was unanimous and the motion passed with Dennis Kintigh being absent. Action Items: None Non Action Items: Staffing Report- Tracy Laney stated that we are almost at full staff, we have two new trainees that started 12.27.2017, one starting 1.8.2018 and I submitted the paperwork to HR for our last opening, hopefully she will start by the end of the month. Digital Radio Project- Tracy Laney stated that the cabling still hasn't been ordered but should be next week, The RPD had some issues on a scene and so they are going to start testing so they can do a final reprogramming. The RFD experienced problems with fan noise and air pack noise on digital. They are checking the noise reduction settings to fix the issues and doing more testing. Karen Sanders stated that the last 380,000 will hopefully be approved by the state to purchase additional repeaters, duplexers and combiners, and then go to the council for approval at the February meeting. Tracy Laney stated that the 100,000 grant from EF Johnson expires in August, and will submit a mid-year request to the City for funding. 1 Firstnet presentation- Mike Waring with AT&T stated that they received the Firstnet contract 10 months ago and have made a 25 year commitment. Firstnet was created after the 9-11 twin towers attack to address communications problems. They have created a dedicated first responder network in the 700 mhz band (Band 14) for this, for data and voice. New Mexico opted in to Firstnet in August and currently first responders have priority access on the system. AT&T is currently making 72 Deployables for access at disasters, or other local events. The Firstnet is active right now on the AT&T commercial network for primary users, such as Police and Fire. Locally, AT&T is adding two additional towers in Roswell over the next few months. In New Mexico they are building out to give greater coverage state wide. AT&T has also partnered with other vendors such as SONIM with hardened phones in Band 14 and cradle points to integrate with Land Mobile Radios. Announcement Next Meeting 02-07-2018 at 1:30 pm. Adjournment- The meeting adjourned at 2:32 p.m. 2