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MINUTES OF DECISION MEETING
November 17, 1998 - 1:30 p.m.
In attendance were Commissioners Dennis S. Hansen, Ralph Nelson and Marsha H. Smith and staff members Scott Woodbury, Brad Purdy, Don Howell, Doug Cooley, Bev Barker, Rita Scott, Tonya Clark, Ron Law, Wayne Hart, Birdelle Brown, Weldon Stutzman, Syd Lansing, Bill Eastlake, David Scott, Stephanie Miller and Myrna Walters. Also in attendance were John Souba of U S West; Mary Hobson, Attorney at Law; Robin Dennison, Attorney at Law; Peter Richardson, Attorney at Law and Dean J. Miller, Attorney at Law
Commissioner Hansen called the decision meeting to order and welcomed all in attendance.
Items listed on the Published November 17, 1998 Agenda were discussed and acted upon as follows.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS
1. Minutes of November 2, 1998 Decision Meeting. (Minutes have circulated to the Commissioners for review and corrections have been made).
Commissioner Hansen made a motion to approve the minutes; motion was seconded and carried unanimously.
Items 2 - 12 plus Item 12A were considered on the CONSENT AGENDA.
Commissioner Hansen asked if there were questions or comments on any items on the consent agenda?
Commissioner Nelson made a motion to approve all items on the consent agenda; motion seconded and carried unanimously.
MATTERS IN PROGRESS
13. Brad Purdy’s November 4, 1998 Decision Memorandum re: Case No. USW-T-98-20--U S West’s Application to Reduce Access and Toll Prices and Raise Local Exchange Prices.
Brad reviewed the decision memo. Said what was before the Commission today is the issue of how to handle this matter. Staff recommends that it be handled by modified procedure but also recommends scheduling public hearings to hear from the public.
Commissioner Hansen asked about the required company notice.
Brad responded that the company has issued a press release so the notice has been taken care of.
Commissioner Hansen then made a motion to approve staff’s recommendation to process the matter under modified procedure. Motion seconded and carried.
14. Brad Purdy’s November 12, 1998 Decision Memorandum re: Case No. GNR-T-98-1; The Commission’s Own Investigation Into The Establishment of Criteria For Public Interest Pay Telephones.
U S West’s Motion for Clarification on four points is the subject to be considered. Staff and company have managed to reach agreement on all but the last point (Reconsideration of the requirement that all payphone providers, when removing or disconnecting service to a payphone, inform the payphone siteowner/provider of their right to file a complaint or request with the Commission seeking to have the site designated as a public interest payphone. U S West contends that the notice requirement should be limited to disconnections related to unprofitable payphone sites. U S West is satisfied with staff’s interpretation of the order that the order speaks for itself and those matters are not at issue now.
Commissioner Smith made a motion that the order speaks for itself; motion was seconded and carried unanimously.
Meeting was adjourned.
Dated at Boise, Idaho, this ___day of November, 1998.
Myrna J. Walters
Commission Secretary
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