Libby Area Technical Assistance Group, Inc.
PO Box 53, Libby, MT 59923
March 7th, 2008 EBoard Meeting Minutes
(Note: bold items within paragraphs are motions made and voted on as well as action items agreed upon.)
Board Member Attendees:
Mike Noble
JoElyn Brus
LeRoy Thom
Cheryl Fox
1) Meeting began at approximately 12:00pm
2) Meeting minutes/documents needing review and approval:
a) Meeting minutes from the February 8th, 2008 EBoard meeting were reviewed.
i) JoElyn Brus made the motion to accept the meeting minutes as written. LeRoy Thom second the motion. Motion unanimously passed.
b) FVCC has forwarded to LATAG a phone bill for $123.76 (see attached) for “conference calling” services that Helen Andries provided the telephone number (toll call). This phone bill needs to be paid.
i) JoElyn Brus made the motion to pay the bill, LeRoy Thom second the motion. Motion unanimously passed.
ii) It was decided to include this telephone bill in the next reimbursement request to EPA, and when the reimbursement is paid to pay FVCC for these services.
c) Grant Administrator’s February 2008 timesheet was reviewed.
i) The Grant Administrator’s February timesheet did not include the expenses for the FAX/Copier/Scanner equipment. LeRoy Thom made the motion to accept the timesheet with corrections – to include the price of equipment. JoElyn Brus second the motion. Motion unanimously passed.
d) TA report and invoice for December 2007 and January 2008 has not been received (ACTION ITEM).
e) Q4 2007 Report has not been completed due to the lack of December TA report (ACTION ITEM).
f) Financial Status Report (FSR) – this issue has been resolved with a conference call to Denver.
g) Website Design and Maintenance Contract – a new contract needs to be submitted to LATAG for their review, Helen Andries (Communications Chairperson) is addressing this issue (ACTION ITEM).
3) New Business
a) Discussion followed regarding EPA’s letter to Mike Noble regarding communities request for technical advisor and/or LATAG reports. Gordon Sullivan (community member) has requested a copy of LATAG’s current work plan.
i) It is LATAG understands that EPA’s Info Center has a copy of LATAG’s work plan, but EPA would like LATAG to directly provide the work plan to Mr. Sullivan. It was decided to provide a copy of this work plan at the next regularly scheduled LATAG meeting to Mr. Sullivan and in the event that he does not attend to mail the work plan to his home (ACTION ITEM).
4) Old Business
a) Due to the lack of reports from the technical advisor, it was decided to write Dr. Henningsen a letter requesting these documents. It was decided that the Grant Administrator would attempt first draft of this letter to be completed as quickly as possible for EBoard distribution and discussion. (ACTION ITEM).
i) It was also decided to create a form detailing all outstanding technical advisor activities for tracking (ACTION ITEM).
b) It was asked of the Grant Administrator (again) to provide in-kind timesheets in word format for all board members. (ACTION ITEM).
c) 100K Grant Renewal
i) This is an outstanding action item that was to be completed 02/22/08, pending information from Helen Andries and Dr. Henningsen before LATAG Board distribution.
Next meeting will be the regularly scheduled LATAG meeting on Tuesday, March 11th, 2008.
Meeting adjourned at approximately 1:05pm.