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Home My WebLink About9/04/2024 Telecom Affidavit THE COURIER AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITY BOAR❑OF TRUSTEES City Clark's 0 b September 4,2024 12:00 p.m. Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier unb cR Wr:Young Ms.wem'ards 6915 Chancellor Drive nod the meaung at 12:o4pm.Mr. Lined was absent. 2.Moved by Kurtenbach seconded by Cedar Falls 50613 Yung that the a ends.as presented, (319)291-1400 ba tion io ed.V°fie o a-Ares:Three. Motion tattled 3.Moretl b1'Kurtenbach seconded b Young that the minutes of August 21, State of Pennsylvania, County of Lancaster, ss: be Fpro,,dar5tsslnn.aapresen,etl, be ,regular Voice vote erpri Three. Moticn parried. 4.Public Hearing on Setting Rates. Jesse Sassaman, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That 4.1 o be.dhebPe.,dcd aoptubhc d receive and file notloe of hear- (s)he is a duly authorized signatory of Column Software, PBC, duly ng'.Wpm vote-Ayes:Threw Metbn arrl so. 4.2 authorized agent of Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, a publication that pIbyciec°e o close the publlc hearkng. lklce vote-Ayes:Three,Motion car- is a'legal newspaper"as that phrase is defined for the city of Cedar led. 4.3,Mored by Kurtenbach seconded Falls,for the County of Black Hawk, in the state of Iowa,that this 9Y png'a°,o toresolutlonap�rw- fn the do f tldlll°n les. Ron Call vote-Aqes',Four.Motion car- affidavit is Page 1 of 2 with the full text of the sworn-to notice set had.Asab tl. 2624-666. Mr. Kudenbach questioned If this forth on the pages that follow, and that the attachment hereto Id be an additional fee each resi- dent would pay contains the correct copy of what was published in said legal I Loge, General Manager, ex- PEalned that the{p address Is a sepa- newspaper in consecutive issues on the following dates: ll a,a°ul°numbe thHe robeno°h ld ad an wervI—for each of the iierms. Mr.Van Fleet questioned It he could rent a modem from Waterloo Flber and usePUBLICATION DATES: ma als dcar,al mesh,nit and afillget managed services Sep. 17, 2024 Eric rbnt,,lri.t egathee—Y�nohI dem retial,ust the t nlch - the wireless muter.He explained that his mean unit wouldn't match with the NOTICE ID:jwvf9Wg3ndnGbM7sILef �at;ne only way t�a ewotl�Ird purlk likely mash PUBLISHER ID: COL-IA-600961 unKuonlike adlaquestionedivertnu it. unit was like Matllac a Gert unit. NOTICE NAME: 09.04.2024 Telecom Board Minutes Erl.Lase p mmented that the meek unit Is a higher quality but along the Publication Fee:$153.58 Gam°lines. 5.Moved byKurtenbaecc Id ch s by Wlenands to adopt a sclutll oa061111 hlrinV Tobin Orcud to the Itlon o,NOC Tooth iclan at a rete f$26.60 par hour plus benefits,Orec- Hve September i6,2624,contlltlanetl (signed) pas Inq a background check_Rdl Cakl vole-�yae'.Four.Motion carped. Resolution No.2624.667. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania-Notary Seal E=k L�age,c°neral Manager.crowded of Tobin Omuttk experl- Nicole Burkholder,Notary Public VERIFICATION MrcMrtenbach requested an evervlaw Lancaster County of the j°b dirties and—lb.neiblllnee of the NOC Technician, State of Pennsylvania My commission expires March 30,2027 EW Lags explalned that,ns NOG Technician is basically our Help Oesk County of Lancaster Commission Number 1342120 ancon gds andIs any iea�ea or tach uti- 6.Movetl by Kurtenbach seconded by Young to adopt a resolution appmvinp 09/18/20 4 hl ring Trey Corkery to the position°t Subscribed in my presence and sworn to before me on this: P°°T jtlU=n,e,a`ate o,$22.6, hour benefits.at.of$bb lember 16,2624.pendhloned°n pasa- Ing.ban gmim chebR, Eric Loge commented that this Item Is nm ready icr a vote and apologlzetl far / InacyF-1 1s. oallm Kelley Felchle,Board Secretary,au g- Notary Public Notarized remotely online using communication technology via Proof. 09.04.2024 Telecom Board Minutes - Page 1 of 2 gested tabling the Item to a future date. 9.Adjourn. Moved by Kurtenbach seconded by Young With no further business before the board, to table the item Voice vote:Ayes:Foun it was moved by Kurtenbach seconded by Mot ion carr led. Younq that the meeting beadjourned at 12:23 p.m.Voice vote-Ayes:Four.Motion 7.Moved by Young seconded by Kurten- carried. bath to adopt a resolution approving a Master Services Agreement with NeoN- ova Network Services, LLC, dba NRTC Managed Services and authorizing the General Manager of Telecommunications Ke 11 ey Fe lch Is to execute said document.Roll Call vote- Board Secretary Ayes:Four.Motion carried.Resolution No. COL-IA-600961 2024-008. Eric Lage, General Manager, explained that NRTC Is a cooperative that offers a variety of management services for fSP's, and they will be providing help desk cov- erage atter hours and weekends.He pro- vided an overview of the agreement terms and explained that this Is a 3-year agree- ment,after which time we should be able to Justify bringing the 24-hour help desk inhouse. Mr.Kurtenbach questioned if he anticipat- ed there would be many calls afierhours or weekends. Eric Lage commented that it Is difficult to determine at this stage,but he doesn't ex- pect a lot.However,as we bring on addi- tional services it would certainly increase. He explained that there is an expectation for any lSF that there would be someone answering phones 24 hours, especially when you are bringing on businesses. B.Generalupdate from the General Man- ager of Tel ecommunieatlons and consul- tants. Eric Lage.General Manager,shared that they are working on an agreement with Magellan for As-Bui11's and another pro- posal for twelve additional designs for new housing developments that have come to Waterloo since the original design was created.He is also working on a mainte- nance agreement with ITG in case some of our fiber gets damaged. Mr Van Fleet questioned how many ped- estals there are currently. Eric Lage commented there are currently about 120 and each pedestal serves 280 customers. He further commented that they are Iooidng into doing arlel or ped- estals rather than vaults due Io the very narrow right of way in the Sans Soucl Is- land area. Mr Van Fleet questioned how the Work Session went. Eric Lage commented that it went well, and council asked some good questions Mr Van Fleet questloned when It will go to council. Kelley Felchle, Board Secretary, com- mented that it will go to council on Sep- tember 15 and this Board agenda on Sep- tember 18. Mr Kurtenbach questioned If the board should attend the council meeting to show support. Kelley Felchle shared that the reception was very good with positive feedback from council and she does not anticipate any Is- sues,but If anyone on the board would like to attend the council appreciates seeing your faces in the audience as x211, Mr Van Fleet commented that there has been a lot of buzz and excitement as people move from pre-sign up to getting signed up. Mr Kurtenbach questioned if we would start to begin budget talks next month. Eric Lage confirmed that October would the time to prepare forthe CY25 budget. Mr Van Fleet questioned how the audit would be handled this year. Eric Lage commented that he is trying to put together an Auditing Firm RFP for the next meeting. 09.04.2024 Telecom Board Minutes - Page 2 of 2