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Brown County staff raise billing and scheduling concerns over Frontier private lines
Summary
During announcements, county staff discussed unresolved bills and court-related paperwork for Frontier private line services, agreed to schedule a follow-up meeting to set deadlines and clarify billing, and warned the county could face extra costs if work extends past the expected timeframe.
Staff member 1 (staff member) said Brown County has numerous private line services from Frontier and raised uncertainty about billing and scheduling, saying, "The only thing, Larry, is you've got, like, a whole ton of private line things from Frontier. So I'm just waiting till the third? Like the third. Wait till the third?"
The exchange occurred during the meeting's announcements period and focused on whether the county had received invoices and whether deadlines tied to a court-related schedule were understood by the vendor. "They're talking about work on the front part, and here's the deal. They're talking about work on the court part, and we haven't seen a single bill for any of that," Staff member 1 said. "But if they wanna build us all upfront for our. We haven't started."
Staff member 1 also questioned why the vendor did not appear to know the county's renewal or deadline dates from the outset: "And then you say they want to build for bottles and I didn't understand why they didn't know what our deadline date is from the very get go. We know we're trying to get away from that data, so why wouldn't they know that, okay, we have to renew, you know, at whatever date."
Other participants discussed scheduling. Staff member 2 (staff member) said a meeting would be scheduled to determine future dates: "So I think what I got from all of that was we need they're gonna schedule a meeting so so we can have a meeting to determine the dates to have future meetings." Staff member 1 raised concerns that delays could increase costs: "There was a lot of meetings, and we're gonna be paying extra because we're we're gonna go past the time frame." Staff member 4 (staff member) responded, "No. We're not. We're not gonna go past that."
Participants also referenced a court-related number as part of the delay context. Staff member 2 summarized the procedural friction: "Well, yeah, I don't when they when they when they're complaining about 6 months, I don't think it's the financial part. It's the court number."
No formal motions or votes were recorded on this topic during the meeting. The explicit next step noted on the record was scheduling a follow-up meeting to set concrete dates and clarify outstanding invoices and deadlines with the vendor.
