March 19, 2019 KAUA Meeting Minutes
Member signed in and call to order at 10 a.m.
ATTENDANCE:
BOARD: Ken McLaughln-President, Tim Soares-Vice President, Joey Brinkhurst-Secretary/Treasurer
Farron Eckelbarger – Advanced Ministries
Trevor Morgan – Las Vegas Metro Police Department
Ken Kins – Gold Road Mining Corporation
Ed Diekman Gold Road Mining Corporation
Robert Pittaway – Arizona Department of Public Safety
Bob Morse – Tucson Electric Power (Unisource)
Anthony Martinez – Unisource
John Steel – Unisource (Kingman)
Jim Hansen – Frontier Communications
Jeff Mathiesen – Frontier Communications
Jason Aresnault – Fronteir Communications
James Spencer – WAPA
Jacqueline Brill – Bureau of Land Management
Andy Whitefield – Bureau of Land Management
Maria Troche – Bureau of Land Management
James Shearer – Bureau of Land Management (Lake Havasu)
Scott Long – Arizona Public Service
Lyida Ortiz – Kinder Morgan
Nate Maakestad – AZGT Coop
Old Business reviewed – prior year’s minutes, made available on the www.kingmanradio.com KAUA website and printed version at the meeting. Discussions/Questions offered by President.
Motion to Accept: 1st – Jeff Mathiesen w/ Frontier; 2nd James Spencer w/WAPA
UNANOMOUS TO ACCEPT – SO CARRIED
Treasurer’s Report
Joey reviewed financials
Report provided
2019 Treasurer’s Report Final <– click to view
Discussion/questions: Andy Whitefield – BLM reminded membership that compliance with assessment fee’s in good standing are part of the terms and conditions of lease. Please contact the KAUA Secretary Treasurer if you have questions about your annual fee balance.
Motion: 1st – Jeff Mathiesen w/ Frontier; 2nd – Scott Long – APS
UNAMOMOUS TO ACCEPT – SO CARRIED
Technical Report by committee chairman Tim Soares & Vice President
KAUA Annual Technical Report – March 2018 through March 2019
1. Inspections 2018
Inspections for Gold Road Crest were held on May 9th 2018 for all the lower site facilities and the transmitter building for the upper site. Inspectors were Tim Soares and Jack Trahan for the KAUA and Maria Troche representing the Kingman Field Office of the BLM. Upper site tower were inspected on a different day by Ken McLaughlin for the KAUA and Andy Whitefield for the BLM. All of the site holders were substantially in compliance. Minor issues were a couple of missing site plans and missing electrical panel filters. Continuing issue of non-compliant colors on non-grandfathered microwave dishes and ground mounted (generators etc). Inspections for the Hayden and Getz sites were held on June 20th 2018. Inspectors were Tim Soares with Maria Troche and Ken McLaughlin with Andy Whitefield. The biggest issues were sites that could not be accessed and feed line termination on unused antennas. Site holder representatives promised to correct the issues ASAP.
2. Interference.
No major interference issues were reported for this period.
Tim Soares provided discussion and overview
Majority of members in compliance and good standing.
Motion: 1st – Farron Eckelbarger ; 2nd – Scott Long – APS
UNAMOMOUS TO ACCEPT – SO CARRIED
Click on TCR 2019 below to view the Technical Committee Report for 2019.
Determination of Standing Members
Joey reviewed those past due.
Recommended reviewing records for accuracy.
New Business
Site Inspections set: Oatman (April 10th 2019 Wednesday)/ Hayden 9am/Potato 9am and Getz 11:30 AM Wed June 19, 2019
Road Assessments: Ken McLaughlin provided and update on roads.
Motion to keep assessments the same passed. Motion: 1st – Tim Soares ; 2nd – Jason Aresnault
UNANOMOUS TO ACCEPT – SO CARRIED
Election of Officers:
President for Ken McLaughlin & Vice President for Tim nominated and Scott 2nd, Ken & Tim Accepted
Secretary/Treasurer: Joey Brinkhurst accepted
Committees:
Technical Chairman: Tim Soares
Member: Ken McLaughlin
Member: vacant
Member: vacant
Financial Committee Chairman: Joey B
Member: vacant
Member: vacant
Road Committee Chairman: Justin Brown
Member: Farron Eckelbarger
Member: Gold Mining – Ed Diekman
Member: vacant
AJOURNED MEETING AT 12:12 p.m.