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TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITY
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
City Council Chambers
September 17, 2025
4:00 p.m.
1. Members present: Mr. Kurtenbach, Mr. Young, Mr. Batemon and Ms. Wienands. Mr.
Van Fleet was absent.
2. Moved by Young seconded by Batemon that the agenda as presented, be approved.
Voice vote -Ayes: Four. Motion carried.
3. Moved by Young seconded by Wienands approving the minutes of August 11, 2025,
as proposed. Voice vote -Ayes: Four. Motion carried.
4. Moved by Young seconded by Batemon approving a Resolution authorizing
payment of bills for August 2025. Roll call vote -Ayes: Four. Motion carried.
Resolution No. 2025-024.
5. Moved by Young seconded by Batemon approving a Resolution approving a Shower
Use Policy in the Waterloo Fiber Employee Handbook. Rol call vote -Ayes: Four.
Motion carried. Resolution No. 2025-025.
Eric Lage, General Manager, explained that since the new office space has a
shower facility, PDCM recommended the inclusion of a Shower Use Policy to cover
any potential risk standpoint for using the shower.
6. Update from consultants and general manager.
Eric Lage, General Manager, shared that there are a few change orders pending
that should be coming to the agenda soon for Partridge Lane, Paradise Estates and
Prairie Meadows Estates, and will have additional change orders coming for San
Marnan Business Park, Edison Addition, Red Tail Drive and Warp. We are working
on getting a lot of MDU's signed up and Hut 2 is nearly complete. Bids are due on
Friday for Hut 3, and civil work will be going out for bids soon. Work continues on
phones and cable.
Maggie Burger, Speer Financial, shared that they are still working with a lender she
had talked about previously and are hoping they are getting to the final stages for
their credit approval. It is looking like we can do the full financing from this lender for
what is assumed to be the full amount for construction.
Dave Herbsleb, ITG, commented that things are going smoothly and are expecting
to start progress in the downtown areas. Most of the seventeen task orders have
been completed. Next week they will begin doing railroad permits and have begun
slowly doing IDOT permits along Highway 63.
Mr. Kurtenbach questioned if the MDU's would be separate change orders.
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Eric Lage stated that they would mostly be covered under the drop and install
contract unless there is additional infrastructure that needs to be put in to service
them.
Mike Regan, EnTrust, shared that subscribers have been activated in Task Orders
1, 2 and 8 of phase 1 and that the civil work bids for Hut 3 are due October 1.
7. Moved by Young seconded by Batemon to adjourn to a Closed Session at 4:14 p.m.
pursuant to Iowa Code Section 388.9(1) to discuss marketing and pricing strategies
or proprietary information if its competitive position would be harmed by public
disclosure not required of potential or actual competitors, and if no public purpose
would be served by such disclosure. Roll call vote -Ayes: Four. Motion carried.
Moved by Batemon seconded by Wienands to adjourn from closed session at 4:37
p.m. Roll call vote -Ayes: Four. Motion carried.
8. Adjourn.
With no further business before the board, it was moved by Batemon seconded by
Wienands that the meeting be adjourned at 4:38 p.m. Voice vote -Ayes: Four. Motion
carried.
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