Pecos Valley Regional Communications Center Board
Regular MeetingRoswell, NM · May 2, 2018
Minutes
Pecos Valley Regional Communications Center
Board of Directors Minutes
Held in the Chaves County Administration Building
Wednesday, May 02, 2018 at 1:30 p.m.
The meeting convened at 1333 hrs. with Britt Snyder presiding, Bill Williams proxy for Stan
Riggs, Monte Baker, Jason Sweatfield proxy for Devin Graham, Mike Mathews proxy for Joe
Neeb, and Jim Preston proxy for Phil Smith being present. Dennis Kintigh being absent.
Others attending were Karen Sanders, Mike McClain, Jerry Janow, Brian Erickson, Jeff Bechtel,
Ashley Armijo, Daniel Ornelas, Tracy Laney and Alison Herring.
A motion to approve the agenda was made by Mike Mathews and seconded by Monte Baker. A
voice vote was unanimous and the motion passed with Dennis Kintigh being absent.
A motion to approve the minutes from 04.04.2018 was made by Monte Baker and seconded by
Bill Williams. A voice vote was unanimous and the motion passed with Dennis Kintigh being
absent.
Non Action Items:
Staffing Report- Tracy Laney stated we are down 2 dispatchers, and we have three in training.
Digital Radio Project- Brit Snyder stated that the sub-committee did a tour of the local sites near
Roswell, Dexter and Hagerman. Tracy Laney stated that Dexter PD, Valley Fire and Hagerman
PD are on American towers, American has been charging a lot for monthly rent on the sites they
are roughly 3500 mo. Ashley Armijo stated that they grounded the Polyphaser at Six Mile today.
Tracy Laney stated that the main problems found at Hagerman and Dexter were grounding
issues. The biggest problem at six Mile was that there is no back up power either batteries or
generator. We will be going to the Duncan site next week to check it. Jason Sweatfield asked if
we can make someone responsible for checking the sites on a quarterly basis, Jerry Janow said
that he was willing to do this. Karen Sanders stated that the rest of the Grant needs to be spent
by the end of June. Ashley stated that the repeaters were in, but that the Duplexers and some of
the other equipment were on backorder.
Action Items:
None
Announcement
Next Meeting 06-06-2018 at 1:30 pm.
Adjournment- The meeting adjourned at 2:52 p.m.
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Agenda
AGENDA
Pecos Valley Regional Communications Center
Board of Directors
Wednesday, May 02, 2018 at 1:30 p.m.
Chaves County Administrative Building- Training Room
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. Request approval of minutes from the 04.04.2018
NON ACTION ITEMS
2. Staffing Report
3. Digital Radio Project Update.
ACTION ITEMS
None
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Next meeting 06-06-2018 at 1:30 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT
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and Resolution 17-49.
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Printed and posted: 04.27.2018
Pecos Valley Regional Communications Center
Board of Directors Minutes
Held in the Chaves County Administration Building
Wednesday, April 04, 2018 at 1:30 p.m.
The meeting convened at 1330 hrs. with Britt Snyder presiding, Stan Riggs, Mike McClain proxy
for Monte Baker, Devin Graham, Mike Mathews proxy for Joe Neeb, and Phil Smith being
present. Dennis Kintigh being absent.
Others attending were Joe Portio, Karen Sanders, Collins Key, Jerry Janaow, BILL Williams,
Justin Powell, Ashley Armijo, James Salas, Daniel Ornelas, Scott Ouillette, Mike Rohrbacher,
Tim Davidson, Alison Herrirng,Jimmy Preston, Tyler Ford Brian Erickson and Mike Stanton.
A motion to approve the agenda was made by Devin Graham and seconded by Stan Riggs. A
voice vote was unanimous and the motion passed with Dennis Kintigh being absent.
A motion to approve the minutes from 02.07.2018 was made by Stan Riggs and seconded by
Devin Graham. A voice vote was unanimous and the motion passed with Dennis Kintigh being
absent.
Non Action Items:
Staffing Report- Tracy Laney stated we are down 1 dispatcher but we had a resignation so we
will be down 2 on April 12th . Our total staffing is 22.
Digital Radio Project- Tracy Laney stated that the County put in for a legislative grant to
continue the Trunked Radio. They were awarded $220,000, this is enough money to move
forward with trunking sites, but not enough to pay for the subscriber units trunking upgrades. We
have 940 and each one will cost 367.00 to upgrade and 28.00 for programming. We will also
have to upgrade the Zetron Consoles to the newest version.
Action Items:
Discussion about the best way to spend the legislative grant. This was tabled, and a Motion to
form a sub-Committee was made by Stan Riggs and seconded by Mike McClain. The
communications sub-committee will consist of Mike Stanton, Mike Rohrbacher, James Salas,
Britt Snyder, Devin Graham, Mike McClain, and Tracy Laney.
Announcement
Next Meeting 04-04-2018 at 1:30 pm.
Adjournment- The meeting adjourned at 2:26 p.m.
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