Boundary County Translator
District
Regular Meeting—Board of Directors
March 13, 2007
Chairman Tom Peyton called the regular meeting of the Boundary County Translator District Board of Directors to order.
1.
Roll Call
Present:
a. Board Members:
Michael Listman Barry Coleman
Tom Peyton Carl Hendricks
Also Present:
Deborah Youngwirth Bud Larson
Eric Lederhos Sherri Hendricks
Lorretta Honsinger Lou Mace
2.
Minutes of
Previous Meeting
Barry Coleman moved the minutes be approved as read. Mike Listman seconded, motion carried.
3.
Treasurer’s
Report
The Board reviewed the treasurer’s report; Barry Coleman moved to accept the treasurer’s report as presented, Mike Listman seconded, motion carried.
4. Old Business:
a. Tower space and rental fees – Mike Listman presented a proposal to incrementally increase the rental fees over a period of the next 12 months. The noticed will be sent out to users with their site fee billing.
b. KBMI
– Loretta contacted the FCC and found out that if a frequency has not been used
for more than a year that the FCC can automatically shut down that
frequency. In order to begin using the
existing frequency for KBMI, the
5.
Maintenance
Report
a. Replacement of generator will cost about $5500 and Eric recommended it be ready to install in the spring as soon as the snow melts. Barry Coleman motioned to buy the new generator with the old being used as tradein towards E.L. Automations services to install the new, with an approximate trade in value of $500, Carl Hendricks seconded, motion carried.
b. Eric stated that he is in agreement with Bud’s assessment that we need to complete the digital upgrade work as soon as possible, but not before summer of 2008.
c. Summary of expenses in 2006 – the costs were quite high for maintenance of the translator during 2006. Eric stated that with new equipment installed there were many bugs to be worked out. In addition, there were antennae failures and lots of customer service to correct the problems. We should not have as much work to do this year getting the antennae signal working properly as all bugs should have been worked out at this point.
d. Eric
Lederhos will take a trip up to
e. North Site – Gary Gage has requested to install equipment – Eric feels there is no real benefit to the district other than being able to tie into the voltage to monitor the site. The cost would outweigh the benefit. Eric Lederhos will talk with Gary Gage to discuss costs and a plan and he suggests Gary Gage attend the next meeting to discuss.
6. Bud Larsen Report:
a. FM
Radio Licenses – On 2/26/07 the FCC sent legal documents claiming the district
had willfully violated filing its licenses.
Bud has been working to resolve and letters were sent from the board and
Bud’s memorandum for record was attached.
The FCC should have received the letter yesterday and no response has
been received yet. Barry Coleman
motioned to ratify the action taken to date by letters written, Carl Hendricks
seconded, motion carried.
b. Possible
back-billing of maintenance costs – NOAA and Ch. 32 can potentially be
back-billed for $875 for their maintenance charges – this issue is tabled to
next month’s meeting.
c. Generator
for emergency power – Bud recommends we make the purchase of the generator with
no other large expenditures this year until next summer.
7. New Business:
a. NTA
meeting this year is in
b. Tom Peyton’s term is up this month and he is chosing not to continue with the board by renewing his term.
8.
Tax Waiver
Applications:
a.
Lou Mace
– his antennae is 700 feet from his house and he is questioning the channels
available to him. At this time he is not
requesting a tax waiver, but would like someone to come out and take a
look. He will contact Mike Ladely with E.L. Automation to identify the signal
strength.
9.
Emergency
Response Committee Report:
a.
Continuing
with various trainings.
b.
The
10.
Adjournment:
Barry Coleman moved and Carl Hendricks seconded, the meeting adjourn, motion carried.
Next
Meeting: Tuesday, April 10, 2007, 10:00 A.M. @ Chic N Chop Restaurant.