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TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITY
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
City Clerk's Office
November 8,2023
11:30 p.m.
1.Roll Call
Members present:Van Fleet,Kurtenbach,
and Batemon.Mr.Young joined at 11:35
a.m.Absent:Wienands.
2.Approval of Agenda.
Moved by Kurtenbach seconded by
Bateman that the Agenda,as presented,
be approved. Voice-vote Ayes: Three.
Motion carried.
3. Motion approving appointment of Erin
Lsngenberg to the Strategic Communica-
tions Manager position,effective Decem-
ber 18,2023,subject to The approval of
an employment agreement.
Moved by Kurtenbach seconded by
Batemon Voice-vote Ayes:Three.Motion
carded.
Eric Lage,General Manager,provided an
overview of the position.
Erin Langenberg provided a brief intro-
duction and shared she is excited to get
started.
4.Motion approving appointment of Julie
Eastman to the Accounting Manager
position, effective November 20, 2023,
subject to the approval of an employment
agreement.
Moved by Kurtenbach seconded by
Batemon.Voice-vote Ayes: Four.Motion
carried.
Eric Lage provided an overview of the
position.
Julie Eastman provided a brief introduc-
tion to the board.
5. Resolution approving a request for
proposal for the FY2024 Billing System,
Operational Support System, and Flow-
Through Provisioning,Contract No.1097.
Eric Lege,General Manger,provided an
overview of the software they are looking
to acquire through the RFP process.The
software interacts centrally with the other
software that the utility would utilize to
create a centralized ecosystem.
Mr.Van Fleet questioned if they have an
Idea of some of the software companies
that may respond.
Eric Lage explained that a few companies
are likely to apply and will likely be from
outside of the area.
Mr.Van Fleet questioned if we have an
estimate of the potential cost.
Eric Lege explained that he was unsure of
what the cost would be however the
software would be subscription based.
There would also likely be an upfront
cost.
Mr.Kurtenbach questioned how soon we
would have figures back to approve.
Eric Lage explained the timeline for
providing responses to the RFP and
shared that these responses would
include software costs.
Moved by Young seconded by Batemon
Roll call-vote Ayes:Four Motion carried.
6.General comments from staff,consul-
tants,and board members.
Mr.Van Fleet shared that this is getting to
be a very exciting time for the utility.He is
seeing construction happening in the
community and likes to see the physical
progress. He commented that it may be
beneficial to have additional magnets put
on the construction vehicles with pricing
as our pricing is coming in much lower
than the competitors.
Eric Lege,General Manager,shared that
staff will be at the state of the city
tomorrow.Erica
Christiansen and Ian Crowther-Green are
holding screening interviews with pro-
spective
customer service representatives.
Mr.Van Fleet shared that they met with
Amperage Marketing yesterday and good
momentum is
happening with the webaite and video
marketing.
Mr.Kurtenbach questioned if the contrac-
tors could have additional flashing lights
and banters to
help keep the workers safe when working
in the evening.
Mr. Van Fleet questioned if there have
been any injuries on the job so far.
Eric Lege explained only one incident has
occurred.
Mr.Van Fleet questioned when the next
meeting would occur.
Kelley Felchle, Board Secretary, shared
that the next meeting would occur on
November 15,
2023.
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7.Adjourn.
With no further business before the
board,it was moved by Young seconded
by Batemon that the meeting be
adjourned at 11.45 p.m.Voice-vote Ayes:
Four.Motion carried.
Kelley Fetchle
Board Secretary