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TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITY
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Harold E. Getty Council Chambers
City Hall
February 22, 2023
4:00 p.m.
Members present: Batemon, Kurtenbach,
Young and Van Fleet joined the meeting
via Zoom.
Moved by Young seconded by Kurten-
bach that the Agenda, as proposed, be
approved. Voice -vote Ayes: Four. Motion
carried.
Moved by Kurtenbach seconded by
Young that the minutes of January 3,
2023, as proposed, be approved. Voice -
vote Ayes: Four. Motion carried.
Discussion of 28E Agreement with City of
Waterloo.
Steve Nadel, Attorney for the Board,
provided an overview of the 28E
Agreement project bid letting process. He
explained that the agreement is essential-
ly identifying the separate responsibilities
of each entity and setting the expectation
of what is happening.
A discussion followed to clarify board
member questions regarding processes
for projects beyond the Backbone.
Moved by Kurtenbach, seconded by
Young to approve Ahlers and Cooney
representation conceming the 28E agree-
ment with City of Waterloo for bidding and
construction of FTTP and the City
Backbone Project. Voice -vote Ayes: Four.
Motion carried.
Joint Public Improvement Agreement with
the Municipal Telecommunications Utility
of the City of Waterloo, for the purpose of
defining the respective rights and obliga-
tions for joint public improvement proj-
ects.
Moved by Young, seconded by Kurten-
bach to approve a Joint Public Improve-
ment Agreement with the Municipal
Telecommunications Utility of the City of
Waterloo, for the purpn«+ of defining the
respective rights and obligations for joint
public improvement projects, and author-
izing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute
said document. Voice -vote Ayes: Four.
Motion carried.
Broadband Marketing Proposal with Ma-
gellan Advisors, in the amount of
$60,500.
Courtney Violette, Magellan Advisors,
provided a high-level overview of the
proposal and explained that a third party
marketing team will be working on the
execution of this scope of work. They will
be developing a marketing plan, time-
lines, budgets, public relations, etc. He
explained that this does not include any
direct costs that the utility board would
contract for.
Mr. Van Fleet questioned if a timeline for
expectations could be provided.
Courtney Violette commented that a
Gantt chart could be provided.
Kelley Felchle, City Clerk, questioned the
source of funding.
Maggie Burger, Speer Financial, ex-
plained there she has been in conversa-
tion with Courtney, Bridget Wood and the
underwriter on this subject. They believe
there will need to be some working capital
funds issued yet this spring. Those funds
would be both for marketing purposes,
but the hiring of individuals to run the
communication utility.
Mr. Kurtenbach questioned if these funds
would cover identifying yard signs.
Courtney Violette explained that the RFP
does include a requirement that multiple
forms of project identifiers be used as part
of the communications plan, such as
magnets and stickers for vehicles,
equipment and hard hats, door hangers,
etc., and that yard signs would come into
play later as the phase of connecting
customers gets closer.
Moved by Young seconded by Kurten-
bach to approve a Broadband Marketing
Proposal with Magellan Advisors, in the
amount of $60,500. Voice -vote Ayes:
Four. Motion carried.
Steve Nadel mentioned that the bid letting
process is beginning very soon and when
it does ifll be moving quickly so be aware
that there will be a need for special
meetings requiring a number of decisions.
Courtney Violette commented that he now
has the job description for a Director of
Broadband.
The board continued to discuss a number
of items regarding finandng, rate -setting,
operations, marketing and hiring deci-
sions, as the utility moves from the
theoretical concept to the implementation
of a fully operating communications utility.
With no further business before the
board, it was moved by Young seconded
by Kurtenbach that the meeting be
adjourned al 4:40 p.m. Voice -vote Ayes:
Four. Motion cabled.
Kelley Felchle
City Clerk