Minutes of the Technical Services Committee Meeting and the Board of Director's meeting on January 13th were reviewed. Amendments were made. Director Newman moved to approve the amended minutes. Director Stanley seconded the motion. Vote: 6 - 0.

Public Comment and Correspondence

There was no public comment or correspondence. Executive Director Nordell did advise Board members that there were a total of 230 calls taken within three hours during the snow and ice storm on January 26th. The check for January sales tax has not been received. The previous sales tax check for December had been received in the amount of $141,630.05. The checkbook balance before payment of bills is $59,730.17. The bills submitted for approval total $33,500.64. After payment of all bills,the checkbook balance will be $26,229.53. The money market account balance is $259,707.07.

Accounts receivable balance is $7,638.24. Receipt of all AR will bring the final checkbook balance to $33,867.77. Director Rowland motioned for payment of all bills. Director Newman seconded the motion. The motion was adopted. Vote: 6 - 0.

There was no meeting and nothing to report.

Commmittee Reports

Finance and Budget

There was no meeting and nothing to report.

Technical Services

There was no meeting and nothing to report.

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 on January 20th he met with Chief Dagnan of Carthage Police Department to discuss using I-Mobile in their vehicles and possibly utilizing Intergraph for their CAD product. Maintenance fee costs for Intergraph were forwarded to Chief Dagnan and the city will now be deciding if they want to renew their current system or use the new product. Director Merriman did note that grant funds from the law enforcement sales tax have been set aside specifically for Carthage Police Department to be able to use Intergraph. Proposals are still being reviewed for a Reverse 9-1-1 system. Further meetings have been scheduled with the City of Joplin to finalize a decision. Southwest Communications made three antenna runs on the mast of the tower at Jasco to support the 800 MHz radio systems for monitoring of Joplin Police and Fire Department, and full system use for Mets Ambulance. On January 14th, the new email server was installed; however, there is migration software that has yet to be received to convert previous email over to the new system. Timeframe of completion should be two weeks.Newton and Lawrence counties had previously expressed a desire to use the router at Jasco to access the Missouri State Highway Patrol router to use NCIC on their mobile data terminals. Executive Director Nordell stated there have been 20 laptops downloaded with the software to allow this process to begin. Recorders are still being researched for the upcoming replacement. Demos have been conducted by Higher Ground, Eventide, and Voice Products with the replacement to be done shortly after the ANI/ALI system has been installed.

Unfinished Business

At the previous Board meeting, members had approved switching dental plans for employees. A meeting was scheduled with Wayne Wilmes of the Insurancenter and when it was mentioned to him there was a possibility the Board contributing 100% of the premiums for both dental and vision, he suggested a couple more providers that offer better rates and plans if paid by the employer. Director Merriman motioned to approve employer paid dental and vision for the employee's entire family. Director Rowland seconded the motion. The motion was adopted. Vote: 7 - 0. Director Newman made a visit to the Jasper County Clerk's office to conduct further research on the calculations for election costs. He was provided with documentation showing the breakdown of costs for the election and the calculation set by the state to figure the cost for separate agencies. Due to the 9-1-1 center having been voted on my all members of the county, the calculation is based on all the registered voters within the county. Jasco was charged the some amounts as the State of Missouri and Jasper County for the election. Executive Director stated that Jasco's election cost invoices have been paid in their entirety. Executive Director Nordell addressed the media stating that there had been some miscommunication over Carthage Fire Department being used as a redundant or separate PSAP. Carthage Fire Department is only being utilized to house secondary systems such as the database servers, email, and storage for other back-up means to separate the primary and secondary systems from being at the same facility in the case of a fire or other emergency.

New Business

At 6:34 p.m., Director Rowland motioned to go into the closed portion of the meeting for legal issues, pursuant to Mo. Statute 610.021 (1). Director Stanley seconded the motion.

Vote: Lyscio - In favor

Francis - In favor

Rowland - In favor

Stanley - In favor

Newman - In favor

Merriman - In favor

Stephens - In favor

Chairman Stephens briefly stepped out of the meeting to speak with John Hacker of the Carthage Press. At 6:37 p.m., Chairman Stephens returned to the meeting. At 7:46 p.m., Director Rowland motioned and was seconded by Director Newman to move out of closed session.

Vote: Lyscio - In favor

Francis -In favor

Rowland -In favor

Stanley - In favor

Newman - In favor

Merriman - In favor

Stephens - In favor

There were no votes taken during closed session. The next Board meeting was set for March 10th at 1800hrs.

Director Rowland motioned to adjourn the meeting. Director Lyscio seconded the motion. Vote: 7 - 0. The meeting was adjourned at 7:48p.m.