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SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA BROADBAND SERVICES

BOARD MINUTES

January 15, 2015

6:00 PM

BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: ATERNATE BOARD

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Bingham Lake – Darren Kalvig Bingham Lake – Carol Goeman

Heron Lake – John Hay Round Lake – Kurt Lintelman

Jackson – Donnie Schoenrock

Lakefeld – rn !alcho"

Round Lake – Keith Stu##e

OTHERS PRESENT: $aomi %ederson

& – Call to 'rder( )he regular meeting "as called to order at *(+, %! #y Keith

Stu##e- Chair.erson/

+ – Revie" and 0..rove Board !inutes( )he minutes o1 the Decem#er &2- +,&3

meeting "ere a..roved on a motion #y Donnie Schoenrock and second #y rn

!alcho"/ 0ll "ere in 1avor and the motion carried/

4 – Resolutions(

a/ lection o1 '5cers( 0 motion to rene" the slate o1 o5cers – Keith Stu##e-

Chair.erson6 rn !alcho"- 7ice8Chair.erson6 Darren Kalvig- )reasurer6

John Hay- Secretary6 Donnie Schoenrock- 0ssistant Secretary 8 "as made#y Darren Kalvig and seconded #y rn !alcho"/ 0ll "ere in 1avor and the

motion carried/

#/ 9inancial :nstitution Signers( 0 motion designating Bank o1 the ;est and

Bank !id"est as the o5cial de.ositories o1 South"est Broad#and and

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d/ '5cial $e"s.a.er( 0 motion designating the Jackson County ditorial

Grou. as the o5cial .u#lication o1 South"est Broad#and "as made #y rn

!alcho" and seconded #y Donnie Schoenrock/ )he ma?ority vote carried

"ith Bingham Lake voting no/

3 – Revie" 9inancials and 0..rove %aya#les( $aomi revie"ed the .aya#les- year8

end fnancials and the Blandin checking account/ 0 motion to a..rove "as made #y

Donnie Schoenrock and seconded #y rn !alcho"/ 0ll "ere in 1avor and the motion

carried/ 0 motion to rene" the @4+,-,,, Certifcate o1 De.osit at Bank !id"est-

Secured #y the City o1 Jackson "as made #y Donnie Schoenrock and seconded #y

rn !alcho"/ 0ll "ere in 1avor and the motion carried/

A – 'ld Business

a/ ;indom %artnershi. !eeting( rn- Keith and Donnie "ill re.resent S!BS in

discussions "ith ;indom on ho" "e can share resources and G! time/

)he grou. "ill look at tentative dates/ 0 motion to have a meeting on January ++nd to discuss .ersonnel matters "as made #y Darren Kalvig and

seconded #y Donnie Schoenrock/ 0ll "ere in 1avor and the motion carried/

#/ Jackson Cham#er and Lakefeld Business 0ssociation !em#ershi.( $aomi

reuested S!BS .artici.ation in the Jackson Cham#er and Lakefeld

Business 0ssociation/ 01ter some discussion- the item "as ta#led/ S!BS is

a munici.al entity- John "ill check "ith the League o1 !$ Cities to see i1

"e are a#le to #e mem#ers/

c/ 'ther( Darren re.orted that he received a call 1rom $aomi regarding a

dissatisfed SynKro customer/ He le1t t"o messages "ith the customer- #ut

the customer did not return his calls/

* – $e" Business( )here "as no ne" #usiness to discuss/

– General !anagers Re.ort( Dan "as una#le to attend the meeting due to illness/

He e8mailed a re.ort/ S!BS needs to look at increasing ca#le rates due to an

increased cost in .rogramming/ 0 recommendation "ill #e e8mailed 1or a..roval

"hen it is availa#le/ )ravis is engineering the "indmill .ro?ect/ )he to"er is ready to

#e activated 1or oE8airs in Lismore/ )he )"in Cities to"er should #e ready in thevery near 1uture/ )ravis is "orking on a uote=.ro.osal 1or u.dating com.uters/

2 – Board !em#er Concerns=:ssues( $o issues "ere discussed/

F – 0d?ournment( Having no 1urther #usiness to discuss- a motion to ad?ourn "as

made #y Donnie Schoenrock and seconded #y rn !alcho"/ 0ll "ere in 1avor and

the meeting ad?ourned at (3A %!/

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Respectfully Submitted by

Naomi Pederson, Southwest MN Broadband Services

Keith Stu##e- Chair.erson

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