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State of Iowa TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITY
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Black Hawk County Harold E.Getty Council Chambers
December 11,2023
10:00 a.m.
1. Members present: Van Fleet. Kurten-
bach. Young, and Batemon. Ms. Wie-
nands joined the meeting at 10:05 a.m.
2. Moved by Kurtenbach seconded by
Batemon that the Agenda as presented,
be approved. Voice vote- Ayes: Four.
Motion carried.
3.Public Hearing to adopt 2024 Budget.
3.1.Moved by Kurtenbach seconded by
Waterloo, City of- Legals Batemon to open public hearing and
receive and file proof of publication of
Accounts Pa able notice of said hearing. Voice vote-Ayes:
y Four.Motion carried.
Mr.Van Fleet noted there was no public
715 MULBERRY ST. comment received during the hearing.
3.2. Moved by Kurtenbach seconded by
Bateman to close the public hearing.
WATERLOO IA 50703 Voice vote-Ayes:Four.Motion carried.
3.3.Moved by Kurtenbach seconded by
Young that resolution adopting the budget
for calendar year ending December 31,
2024,be approved.
Eric Lage,General Manager,provided an
ORDER NUMBER 232798 overview of the proposed budget and
discussed construction progress and
future staffing plans with the board.
Roll Call vote-Ayes:Five.Motion carried.
The undersigned, being duly sworn, on oath, do depose and say that I R. Moion 2023-037.
Young seconded by
am an authorized employee of the Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier, that Wienands that the purchase of OTDR
from VeEX, Inc., in the amount of
The Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier is a weekly newspaper regularly Eric Lage lo,bend pp dCrowlher-Green,
published and printed in the English language in the City of Waterloo, Outside Plant Engineer, provided an
overview of the purchase.
Black Hawk County, Iowa, and has a general circulation in the said Voice vote-Ayes:Five.Motion carried.
5. Moved by Kurtenbach seconded by
city and county; and that I personally know that the notice, a true copy Yn Young
thatha wtha Change
aC Order No.
of which is hereto affixed, was published in the Waterloo Cedar Falls for a net increase of $9,141.59, in
Courier on the followin da S, t0 Wlt: conjunction with the Construction of a
9 y Backbone and Fiber-To-The-Premise
Project.Contract No.1088,be approved.
Eric Lege explained this is for the proof of
concept network and the equipment to
turn on customers will be bypassing the
hut since the hut is not Installed yet.Many
of these items can be repurposed and the
conduit and fiber itself can be repurposed
when the fire station joins the backbone.
Andy Van Fleet clarified that this
equipment cost won't be wasted on test
customers.
Eric Lege confirmed and shared that this
will help get testing started a month or
two early.
Andy Van Fleet asked how the equipment
would be secured in the fire station
Eric Lage explained it would be in Its own
secure location on the backside of the fire
station with separate access.
Bitch Kurtenbach questioned the status of
the hut and anticipated completion date.
Section: Legals Eric Lage shared that they are currently
running conduit to handles but he would
Category: 950 Legal Notice need to get an update from Magellan
regarding
the foundation.
Ian Crowther-Green o said he was under
impression
the impressionn it would be completed in
PUBLISHED ON: 12/21/2023 JaAnnus van Fleet asked how many
friendlies would be turned on as part of
the test.
Eric Lage commented that there is a list
of four to five.
Andy Van Fleet questioned if that is
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Lage
ge shared that because we will be
testing for over a month, he feels it is
enough and that Magellan and CFU both
FILED ON: 12/21/2023 agreed.
Voice vote-Ayes:Five.Motion carried.
6.Adjourn.
That the issues of said paper containingsaid notice were dulyWith no further business by Kurtenbachbefore the
P P bead, it was moved thatby the
circulated in the regular manner. seconded by Bateman meeting
g be adjourned at 10:17 a.m. Voice
vote-Ayes:Five.Motion carried.
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