E911 BOARD
GRANT COMMITTEE MEETING
MINUTES
Meeting Dates:
E911 Board Rural County Grant Committee Meeting
April 21, 2009
Hilton Garden Inn
Tallahassee
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 Beginning Time 2:00 p.m. until conclusion of business
Designated for review of the tabled 2008/2009 Rural County Spring Grant Applications
Grant Committee Members in meeting attendance:
Marilyn Haroutunian, Grant Committee Chairman, 9-1-1 Project
Manager, Sprint Nextel
Deborah “Debbie” Caruthers, 911 Coordinator, Orange County
Sandi Chernoff, 911Coordinator, Collier County
Charles “Chuck” Freeman, 911 Coordinator, Pinellas County
Kim Paxton, 911 Coordinator, Putnam County
Board Members in meeting attendance:
John Ford, E911 Board Chairman, DMS/ Division of
Telecommunications
Staff in meeting attendance:
Dan Biggins Legal Counsel, Office of the Attorney General
Ryan Butler, Technical Support, DMS/Division of
Telecommunications
Lee Ann Gustafson, Acting Legal Counsel, Office of the Attorney
General
Wink Infinger, Statewide 911 Coordinator, DMS/Division of
Telecommunications
Kent Raheb, Technical Support, DMS/ Division of
Telecommunications
Penney Taylor, Administrative Support, DMS/ Division of
Telecommunications
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Other Attendees:
Mark Cunningham, Verizon
Ron Hatton, Verizon Florida
Darren Light, AT&T
Alan Woods, Positron
Telephone Conference Participants:
Robin McLean, Hendry County
(Some telephone conference participants may not be listed as no email was received
acknowledging their participation.)
Call to Order
The E911 Grant Committee meeting was called to order at approximately 2:00 p.m.
Ms. Haroutunian started the meeting by announcing committee members and counsel in
meeting attendance.
Ms. Haroutunian stated that the intent of this meeting was for continuing business from
the last committee meeting related specifically to Hendry county rural county grant
applications.
Robin McLean, Hendry County, 911 County was available via telephone conference to
answer question of concerns from the grant committee.
The following Hendry county rural county grant applications were reviewed:
Project Title
Total Amount Requested
Call taker training and Fall Conference
$24,528.55
($1,500.00 partial award approved 3/18/09)
$15,375.66
Refresher Training- Training Certification
It is the consensus of the Committee to recommend approval for this training in the total
amount to the Board.
$7,652.89
APCO PST-1, EMD-1 & Material
It is the consensus of the Committee to recommend approval for this training in the total
amount of $7,254.89, due to calculation errors in price quote, to the Board.
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Hendry County Rural County Grant applications review (continued)
Project Title
Total Amount Requested
Big Cypress Primary Second Position
$36,399.37
It is the consensus of the committee to discuss this grant request further with the Board
due to issues related to Federal statute, PSAP limitations and tribal territory. However,
the grant as it stands would not be recommended for award. Board counsel and
committee suggested that the county file a petition of variance and waiver to be
discussed at the May meeting.
Netclocks and Monitors
$52,330.50
County voluntarily reduced the quantity of netclocks (2) and monitors (5) which
decreased the total amount requested to $26,436.50 to meet the grant conditions.
It is the consensus of the committee to recommend approval for the netclocks and
monitors in the total amount of $26,436.50.
Other Business:
 E911 Rural County Grant Program Application
Application for the Spring Rural County Grant Program reviewed in its entirety with
some updates.
The Committee unanimously agreed that the suggested changes to the rural county grant
program application be presented to the Board for acceptance.
Meeting Adjourn