Minutes of the Board of Director's meeting on December 9th were reviewed. Director Rowland moved the minutes be accepted as presented. Director Newman seconded the motion. The motion was adopted. Vote: 5-0 with Director Merriman and Chairman Stephens abstaining.

Public Comment and Correspondence

Executive Director Nordell stated a call had been received from Cindy Myers, a resident of Carterville, stating that on two previous medical emergencies; one in May and November 2008 at her residence on Oregon Lane, the ambulance drivers claimed they had been provided incorrect directions to her house delaying response time. After researching the issue, there was no indication that wrong directions were given to the ambulance drivers and the mapping program was accurate. Ms. Myers was reassured that the system was accurate for those and any further calls from her address and she was invited in to tour the facility. A second piece of correspondence had been received from the County Clerk's office in response to the letter sent from Jasco at the direction of the Board inquiring about an itemized list or ratio that was used to configure election costs for the county. The letter stated only that any member of the Board was welcome to inquire at her office and they would be provided any of the necessary records since they were open to the general public. Director Newman stated that he will inquire about how the fees are compiled and it was also suggested that the Attorney General be contacted.

Executive Director Nordell presented the financial report for January. The check for December sales tax has not been received. The checkbook balance before payment of bills is $33,060.81. The bills submitted for approval total $15,665.86. After payment of all bills, the checkbook balance will be $17,394.95. The money market account balance is $359,647.47 that includes a deposit of $235,395.39 from the loan proceeds for the ANI/ALI upgrade. Accounts receivable balance is $35,351.92. Receipt of all AR will bring the final checkbook balance to $52,746.87. Director Newman motioned for payment of all bills. Director Stanley seconded the motion. The motion was adopted. Vote: 7 - 0.

Commmittee Reports

Finance and Budget

There was no meeting and nothing to report.

Technical Services

There was a meeting January 13th at 4:30p.m. with a recommendation from the committee for the Board to approve a Memorandum of Understanding allowing Newton County and Lawrence County to connect to Jasco's system for them to utilize MULES and NCIC. Director Merriman moved to accept the recommendation of the Technical Services Committee. Director Francis seconded the

Building and Grounds

There was no meeting and nothing to report.

Personnel and Policy

There was no meeting and nothing to report.

Public Relations

There was no meeting and nothing to report.

Executive Director's Report

Executive Director Nordell stated that MoDOT is still waiting for the barrier mount signs to be put up on the overpasses for the 249 Interchange. The Reverse 9-1-1 project is proceeding. The City of Joplin is now interested in being a participant for the purchase of a single system to benefit the entire county. A meeting has been scheduled for January 22nd to present the project to all area agencies. It was originally decided that the old DOS system held by Jasco and four lines that the City of Joplin had designated for Reverse 9-1-1 use was not efficient. The timeframe for a mass notification with a 30 second message was unacceptable. A hosted solution is currently being considered with the possibility of sharing cost with surrounding agencies. Code Red was a vendor that submitted a bid with a hosted solution rather than an onsite solution. The approximate cost would be $47,000.00 annually for the system. The system could also be utilized for weather warnings, meeting announcements, amber alerts and multiple non-emergency notifications. With the diminishing number of landlines, the hosted solution would also allow citizens to subscribe for notifications to be sent to their cell phones through a web page entry at no cost. Director Francis mentioned that the reverse 9-1-1 system at Joplin does have four lines that include a line grabber that increases that number to a total of 36 lines. He also stated that when he set the system up. In meetings held with the City of Joplin and Police Chief Lane Roberts it had been discussed and approved by the City Manager for a CAD exchange to take place between the Joplin and Jasper County PSAP's. Two spare workstations for Jasco to place at Joplin are ready to be set up and the City of Joplin is in the process of getting their workstation completed. The T-1 is already in place and just needs to be re-connected with further modifications to be made to allow not only extension to extension transfers but also data connectivity as well. Chief Lane Roberts is looking at a timeframe for completion for February 15th or sooner. Carthage Police Department has mentioned they would be interested in having data connectivity to the Intergraph CAD product at Jasco similar to Carl Junction Police Department and Webb City Police Department. Director Merriman stated that Carthage Police Department had been awarded $4,000.00 from the LEST grant to be used for connectivity on a CAD seat Executive Director Nordell advised that a demo with Eventide has been scheduled for January 20th for a new recorder system. The recorder system is currently being used by Branson Police Department and Polk County with a site visit being scheduled by Jasco to discuss the recorder with those agencies. There was a brief discussion regarding the wireless priority service phones that were received from Sprint/Nextel and Verizon that have level 2 accesses for cell phone service to be used by emergency personnel during a natural disaster.

Unfinished Business

MicroDATA visited the 9-1-1 center last week to conduct an onsite survey. They are currently loading Jasco's database on their system to move to our servers when they are been built. Installation will be done during the week of February 9th with phone training to be conducted on the Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of that week. The cutover date will be February 17th. Executive Director Nordell also stated that a change order had been received from MicroDATA reflecting a reduction in hardware price by $13,000.00 due to a restructure. Board members were advised that two sets of quotes had been received from Wayne Wilmes with The Insurancenter for dental and vision insurance. The quotes received were significantly less than the dental premiums currently being paid to Anthem. Director Newman motioned to change carriers from Anthem to one of the carriers for the new dental premiums. Director Rowland seconded the motion. Vote: 7 - 0. Further discussion was tabled until estimates have been received for family dental and vision coverage.The Board made nominations for the seats of Treasurer, Secretary and Vice-Chairman. Director Newman moved that Director Carl Francis take the seat of Treasurer. Director Rowland seconded the motion. Vote: 6 - 0 with Director Francis abstaining.

New Business

There is no new business to report.

The next Board meeting was scheduled for February 10th at 1800hrsDirector Stanley motioned the meeting be adjourned. Director Rowland seconded the motion. Vote: 7-0. The meeting was adjourned at 7:49 p.m.