ORDER NO. 30575
CONSOLIDATION OF CELLULAR TELEPHONE CONTRACTS
Came to be heard this the 22nd day of October, 2007, with a motion made by
Commissioner Letz, seconded by Commissioner Baldwin. The Court unanimously
approved by vote of 4-0-0 to:
Authorize Mr. Trolinger to proceed with consolidating cell phone contract for all
County employees, except the Sheriffs Department, and bring the contract back to
the Court for approval.
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. ~ COMMISSIONERS' COURT AGENDA REQUEST
PLEASE FURNISH ONE ORIGINAL AND TEN COPIES OF THIS
REQUEST AND DOCUMENTS TO BE REVIEWED BY THE COURT.
MADE BY: John D. Trolinger
MEETING DATE: October 22,2007
OFFICE: Information Technology
TIME PREFERRED: Any
SUBJECT: Consider discuss and take appropriate action to consolidate the cellular
telephone contracts into a single account. Authorize the County Judge to sign same.
EXECUTIVE SESSION REQUESTED: (PLEASE STATE REASON)
NAME OF PERSON ADDRESSING THE COURT: John D. Trolinger
ESTIMATED LENGTH OF PRESENTATION: 6 minutes
IF PERSONNEL MATTER -NAME OF EMPLOYEE:
Time for submitting this request for Court to assure that the matter is posted in
accordance with Title 5, Chapter SS l and 552, Government Code, is as follows:
Meeting scheduled for Mondays
5:00 P.M. previous Tuesday.
THIS REQUEST RECEIVED BY:
THIS REQUEST RECEIVED ON:

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CELL PHONE PLAN
All cell phones on which county business is conducted, other than the Sheriff's Office
which are on separate contract, will be on one contract.
Features:
1. Individual phones can be added (or dropped) at a specific per phone, per
month charge.
2. Initial block of minutes will be applicable to the entire pool of phones and
numbers - no specific allocation of minutes to individual phones or
departments.
3. Initial blocks of minutes will be subject to adjustment - up or down -
during an initial trial period - 60 to 180 days.
4. After stabilizing the number of minutes in the block, additional minutes
could be added in increments of 100 minutes (or possibly other increment)
for a specific monthly charge.
5. Per phone acquisition cost - to be determined.
6. Phones which are added to the program for users having individual
contracts (existing) with Five Star will be allowed to cancel the existing
contract without penalty.
7. All billing would be direct to Kerr County.