Pecos Valley Regional Communications Center Board

Pecos Valley Regional Communications Center Board of Directors Minutes Held in the Chaves County Administration Building, Commission Chambers Wednesday, May 5, 2021 1:30 p.m. Notice of this meeting was given to the public in compliance with Sections 10-15-1 through 10-15-4 NMSA 1978 and Resolution 20-26. ROLL CALL The meeting convened at 1:30 p.m. with Deputy City Manager Mike Mathews presiding, Mike Mathews is proxy for Joe Neeb. Also present were County Manager Bill Williams, Chief Phil Smith, Deputy Chief Daniel Fuller as proxy for Chief Matt Miller, Mayor Dennis Kintigh, and Mike McClain as proxy for Chief Monty Baker. Under Sheriff Charles Yslas arrived at 1:32 as proxy for Sheriff Mike Herrington. Others attending: Jeanette Best, Jeff Bechtel, Teri Best, Alison Herring, Karen Sanders, Larry Connelly, Duane Carroll, David Jones, Josh Nairn-Mahan, and Mac Rogers. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA 1. Mayor Kintigh motioned to approve the agenda for the May 5, 2021 meeting and Mike McLain was the second. A voice vote was 6-0, and motion passed. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES 2. Mike McLain motioned to approve the minutes from the meeting of April 7, 2021 and Mayor Kintigh seconded. A voice vote was 7-0, and the motion passed. ACTION ITEMS 3. None discussed. NON-ACTION ITEMS 1. Radio Update: David Jones Code 3 – Radio system progress: Still on progress for a July 7 switch. Installing servers for dispatch this Friday; may be pushed back a week. Hagerman Tower: Inquiry from Mr. Connolly. David advised that a P.O. was issued by the county last week. Local interference on RPD 1: for about a month, narrowed down to a house on Hendricks. Code 3 is aware, and the FCC has been notified. Plays music over the air along with extraneous conversations. It is interfering with communication, random times, and durations. It is intentional. Due to N.M. law, they are not any state laws being broken. Will need to be met on the federal level or local level. Chief Smith can follow up to Agent Delossantos for an update that can be emailed to the council and the board. Councilor Best requested looking at adding it to our nuisance code. The new radio system will not eliminate it, but there will be a new channel plan. David explained that the new system will need P25 radios and while they can obtain those radios, we may be able to isolate the ID and turn it off. Undersheriff Yslas suggested adding it to the  local criminal codes as an alternative. Discussion ensued about how to best address the issue at the local level to include the Deputy City Attorney’s input on possibilities. Alison Herring stated that the center would start recording times and durations to show interference severity. Upcoming radio transition logistic plan: Switchover for field radios is in 2 months. Plan made with the fire departments at the Fire Board meeting this last Monday. Plans are being made for reprogramming the city radios. 2. PVRCC Operations Report: Alison extended a heartfelt thank you to everyone for the support during Public Safety Telecommunicator’s week. Alison Herring updated the Board on PVRCC recruiting, staffing, operations, systems, facility issues, and grant projects. Mike Mathews offered his appreciation for the show of support for dispatch as well. Mike Mathews inquired on Area D progress to which Bill Williams replied that the capital outlay approval has already been obtained for the bathrooms and they are working on proceeding with that construction. After completion, discussions will take place on putting together an engineering team to make plans. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION None Monthly dispatch report is in the packet. Next meeting is June 2 and will be in the Sheriff’s Department training room. ADJOURNMENT Meeting was adjourned at 2:05 p.m.