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October 2010 Meeting Eureka 010/04/2010

October 2010 Meeting Eureka 010/04/2010. Agenda Call to order -- Matt Tooley. Roll Call of Members Police Chiefs -- Steve Christensen Sheriffs Organization -- Dave Ackerman Division of Criminal Investigation -- Craig Price

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October 2010 Meeting Eureka 010/04/2010

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  1. October 2010 Meeting Eureka 010/04/2010

  2. AgendaCall to order -- Matt Tooley Roll Call of Members Police Chiefs -- Steve Christensen Sheriffs Organization -- Dave Ackerman Division of Criminal Investigation -- Craig Price South Dakota Game, Fish, & Parks -- Andy Alban South Dakota Department of Transportation -- Greg Fuller South Dakota National Guards -- Dayton Myers South Dakota Emergency Managers Association -- Brad Steifvater South Dakota Fire Fighters Association -- Dennis Gorton South Dakota Association of Health Care Organizations -- Rebekah Cradduck South Dakota Department of Public Safety -- Ryan Mechaley South Dakota APCO/NENA Chapter -- Matt Tooley South Dakota Emergency Medical Technicians Association -- Kurt Klunder South Dakota Department of Agriculture/ Wildland Fire -- Ken Wesche South Dakota Association of County Commissioners -- Bob Wilcox South Dakota Department of Health -- Rick LaBrie Tribal Government -- Larry Jandreau Federal Government -- Bob Fischer Bureau of Information and Telecommunications -- Jeff Pierce Additional Agenda Items Approval of July 2010 meeting minutes --

  3. Old Business 1. 2011/12 Budget discussion -- Pierce a. Through Sept 1, 2010 (83% of FY left) 82.9% Personnel 81.1% Travel 84% Contractual expenses 89.4% Supplies/Materials 100% Capital Expenses Total YTD 84.33% of budget remaining 2. Grant Status. All Grants -- a. Any grants applied for - 3. Digital Radio Infrastructure Updates -- Pierce a. Updates on sites- Bowdle b. System Update Status SRC obtained permission from Commissioner Doll to proceed in examining a lease/buyback option. 4. SCIP update -- Pierce a. Grant funds tied to compliance, updated copy on the SDPSCC website. b. SCIP Implementation Report due mid-November. 5. 700Mhz plan update -- Dravland 6. Rapid City State Radio move -- update 7. Narrowband progress in state -- Pierce 8. Other

  4. System Update • 1 Pennington County addition of 2 repeaters to Skyline site completed on 04/01/2010, site working well,  with 176,648 calls last month (June 2010) and 1 busy.    Update, Pennington site working well,  209,924 calls and 6 busies with 8 repeaters active (August 2010). •  2 Tower inspections by our crew to begin Spring  2011  ,  delayed due to  other priority work .We have been doing minor inspections as we climb for other tower work such as tower lighting or antenna work. •  3 Site issues to repair: • ANTENNAS: • a) Billsburg, broken elements 1 transmit antenna- need replacement, antenna ordered- $679.80-  COMPLETED.  • b) Ridgeview, broken elements 2 transmit antennas, antenna ordered- $679.80 each-  COMPLETED.  • c) Miller, bent elements, 2 transmit antennas, antenna ordered- $679.80 each-  COMPLETED.  • d) Orient Hills, possible water in connector, to inspect- check soon as possible good weather.  - To Be Done Spring 2011 • e) Agar, coverage issues, possible antenna/ feedline problems, to inspect- check soon as possible good weather.  --To Be Done- October 2010.    • --Tower crew by State Radio Engineering at about 1/3 cost of hiring a tower crew.   •         f) Crandall replace antennas, transmit and Receive. --To Be done October 2010. •         g) Enning replace antennas, transmit and Receive- have attempted 3 times and got weathered off tower.- October 2010. • TOWER ISSUES: • a) Bowdle-  SITE DESTROYED by TORNADO, in process of replacement- COMPLETED.  Site on line and working well as of Sept. 14th, 2010. Coverage good, even better than with old tower. • b) Aberdeen- replace bad beacon bulb- soon as possible good weather -  Needs new bulb, will be done Oct. 2010.   •         B1) Additional tower lighting (beacon or sidelight)  to be completed at Ridgeview, Miller, Bowdle (controller), Ipswich, and Aberdeen.  October/ Nov. 2010. • c) Tower inspections, starting in  Spring 2011.    • d) Paint tower at Miller and Desmet, OR change out beacons to Strobe. Cost for Strobe less than painting costs. Miller approx. $18,000 for multi-level strobes, Desmet approx. $10,000, with controllers.  Work to be done in new budget year.  --NEED to COMPLETE. •         e) Turkey Ridge, inspect bent SE anchor, currently high ground water preventing access.  Anchor shafts inspected to depth of 3 ft and all look good at Turkey Ridge. No climbing until repaired. •         f) Madison site has NEW beacon, controller still having issues and needs work. •         g) Vermillion have new Cellwave 4 bay Rx antenna to be installed in early October, antenna on site and SRC tower crew to do work. •       h) Toronto has 1 National Law station 155.475 Mhz installed and working, linked to Huron dispatch 4 wire control and installed in their console. •         I) Four tower climbers certified by Sioux Falls Tower, Inc. , all equipment checked, and they are all certified in Rescue climbing with rescue gear. • SITE WORK: • a) Mitchell- Move building to higher ground out of water- building is settling. Pad to set on $5000.00, ground work- build up, disconnect- reconnect, total cost estimate $20,000.  Need to complete.  • b) Miller, Iona- paint building. Cost for cleaning building with power washer by PBS, and paint, $250.00 per building, done by SRC Engineering-  Summer/ Fall 2010- have power washer equipment.    •         b1) Have painted Huron building light brown with darker brown trim, looks very good.  Also preparing Turkey Ridge currently to be painted- to finish Oct. 2010. • c) Miller- 2 doors- $490.00 per door- 1/4" steel hardened door.  --Need to order and replace.  --Need to do this.   • d) Crandall, Desmet- Insulate inside of buildings to lower heating/ cooling costs, $500.00 per site.  --Need to do this work.     •         e) New heating and cooling installed in Billsburg Summer 2010.   Working well.   • GENERATORS- MOVE INSIDE  --All needs completion.  • a) HIGHEST PRIORITY- Herreid, Hillhead, Orient, Toronto, Ridgeview, Shadehill-- Cost from $500.00 to $2500.00 depending on work required at a specific site.   COMPLETED Herreid, Hillhead, and Winner in progress. Others will be completed ongoing Fall/ Spring-Summer 2010-2011. • b) LOWER PRIORITY: Baltic, Radar Hill, Agar- Cost as above. • 4 Immigrations & Customs Enforcement (ICE) co-locating on a number of SRC and PBS towers. (COMPLETED)  Completed 9 sites for ICE co-location, need to finish agreements. 

  5. 700 MHZ Update Todd is finalizing the report, we have set a tentative date of November 10, 2010 as the meeting for public input on the plan. While we see limited voice use for the 700mhz spectrum, it can be waivered for use in data systems, broadband applications, etc.

  6. How Does South Dakota Compare? South Dakota (33%) 11

  7. New Business • Funding for system upgrade -- Pierce • Northern tier communications meeting -- Sheriff Ackerman • Using grant funds to purchase analog radios and pagers -- All • Broadband planning forum meeting -- Pierce • Bowdle radio site update -- Dravland • Communications components of 2011 exercises -- Pierce • Travel Reimbursement Forms • Other

  8. Public Safety Broadband Planning Forum Sept 21-22, 2010 Synopsis: • National Public Safety Broadband network envisioned in next 5-10 years. • Consensus that access to data in the field will become an integral part of response. • Because PS will require priority access, commercial sector is not interested in being the provider. • Standard for network has been set as Long Term Evolution (LTE), same system as Verizon and ATT will begin rolling out for their commercial data offerings. Hopefully there will be some economies of scale for network and subscriber equipment. • State/local/ or lead jurisdiction will need to establish a vision and strategy. • State will be responsible to set up governance for development of state/local strategy. • Raise awareness & prepare local governments, state government, legislature. • Watch and learn. 21 waivers granted already with more on the way. Applicants range from municipal to statewide, as they begin their build-outs we can watch and learn. • Keep in mind this is a long-term process. Current voice systems will need to be supported.

  9. Annual Telergee Alliance Rural Telecom Industry Benchmark Study Released Telergee Alliance, an organization of CPA firms and the leading provider of rural telecommunications performance data, announces the release of 2010 Telergee Alliance Benchmarking Study, its publication reporting on the state of rural telecommunications companies in the United States. Most notably, the 2009 data highlights growth in broadband and wireless customers, but a continued decline in landline voice (wireline) customers.  Furthermore, landline access minutes of use decreased approximately 13% in both the state and interstate jurisdiction.  Thus, not unlike telecom in urban America, the rural companies are experiencing the market shift to broadband and wireless services.

  10. Organizational Reports Police Chief’s Assn. -- Steve Christensen Sheriffs Assn. -- Dave Ackerman DCI -- Attorney General -- Craig Price GFP -- Andy Alban DOT -- Greg Fuller National Guard -- Dayton Myers Emergency Managers -- Brad Steifvater Firefighters -- Dennis Gorton Healthcare -- Rebekah Cradduck Dept of Public Safety -- Ryan Mechaley APCO/NENA -- Matt Tooley EMT’s -- Kurt Klunder Wildland Fire/DOA -- Ken Wesche County Commissioners -- Bob Wilcox Health Dept -- Rick LaBrie Tribal Governments -- Larry Jandreau Federal Government -- Bob Fischer BIT Engineering -- Jeff Pierce Closing Comments Vice-chair -- Brad Steifvater Member at Large -- Steve Christensen Chair -- Gorton Next Meeting: date, time, location.

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