Board members present:

Chairman Polarek, Vice Chair Olson, Bowman, Feithen, Hanson, and Riddle. 

Guests Present: Lt. Al Newby, DeKalb County Sheriff's Police, Brent Tillman, DeKalb Police Department; Jim Feyerherm, Starved Rock Communications. 

Also Present: Christine Johnson, DeKalb County Treasurer; Charles Kross, Coordinator  

Chairman Polarek called the meeting to order at 7:38 AM

AGENDA

The Chairman asked for any amendments to the agenda. Included amendments were a request from Sycamore Police Department for air conditioning repair in their Communications Center, and a budget committee report.  A motion to approve the agenda as amended was made by Olson and seconded by Hanson.  There was no discussion.  The motion passed. 

MINUTES

A motion to approve the minutes of the January 2 meeting was made by Riddle and seconded by Olson.  The motion passed. 

OLD BUSINESS:

¨      Treasurer’s Report:

1.      Treasurer Johnson reported that a CD is maturing on 2/18 for $433,805 plus interest.

Olson made a motion to motion to roll the CD, interest, and $100,000 from the checking account into a 60 day CD.  Riddle seconded. 

A roll call vote was taken: Bowman  Y  Feithen   Y   Hanson Y  Riddle  Y  Olson Y Polarek  Y.  The motion passed unanimously.   

2.   A motion to approve the Treasurer’s Report was made by Riddle and seconded by Olson.

The motion passed.

¨      Bills:

Charles Kross - stamps                                                                              34.00
Verizon                                                                                                10,144.22
Verizon                                                                                                     137.79
Verizon                                                                                                       71.69
Verizon                                                                                                       28.99
Verizon                                                                                                       28.95 Verizon                                                                                                     370.54 Verizon                                                                                                     132.87
AT & T                                                                                                      17.62
Language Line                                                                                           263.10
DeKalb County Housing Authority                                                             200.00
Copy Service - print additional maps                                                            28.50
Sprint                                                                                                           25.38
Office Max                                                                                                   21.66
NiComm- Sycamore                                                                                   244.95
Global computers - Sycamore                                                                     142.00
Powerphone                                                                                               189.00
Powerphone                                                                                               199.00
Frederick Technology                                                                                 622.54
Dictaphone  - Sheriff Maintenance Agreement                                          5,117.00
Motorola                                                                                                    285.00
Sikitch/Gardner – audit                                                                               600.00
NENA – Kross Conference registration                                                      350.00
Communications 2000                                                                                314.00
Starved Rock Communications                                                                2,425.00

                                Total                                                                          $21,993.80

A motion to pay the bills was made by Olson and seconded by Hanson.  A roll call vote was taken:  Bowman  Y  Feithen   Y Hanson Y  Riddle  Y  Olson Y Polarek  Y.  The motion passed unanimously.

¨      PSAP Mapping - Kross will convene a meeting of the PSAP Administrators and their computer tech advisors, to discuss local mapping needs.  It was suggested that future demonstrations should begin after the regular Board meeting.

¨      Budget Committee Report on Participating Agency Splits - Johnson distributed recommended splits, based upon the Budget Committee's recommendations.  Polarek reminded all agencies that as the  telephone tariffs and other normal operating expenses increase, there will be less revenue available to the individual agencies.  He recommended that they should not expect the same amount every year.

Hanson made a motion to accept the recommendations presented.  Olson seconded.  The motion passed unanimously.   

NEW BUSINESS

¨      Replacement of Chairman - Polarek announced he would be stepping down from the Chairmanship of the Board, due to his resigning as Chief of the DeKalb Fire Department.  Vice Chairman Olson consented to continue in Polarek's position.  Polarek said he would like to see Olson step into the position by the April meeting.  There will be a discussion at next months meeting regarding the replacement of the Vice-chairman.

¨      Participating Agency Requests -

1.   DeKalb Police Department Communications Manager Brent Tillman presented a request for approval of  purchase of a Dictaphone recording system, for $28,591.  This is to replace the current Dictaphone recorder.  A motion was made by Riddle and seconded by Olson to approve the request.  The motion passed unanimously.   

2.   Sycamore Police Department requested the Board to pay a bill of $5397 for an air filter they had installed in their Communications Center.  The consensus of the Board was that it did not qualify for 911 funding.

¨      PSAP Administrators' Report - The Administrators have not met recently, however Lt. Newby reported that there haven't been any problems with the fire radio system since the antenna upgrades have been made.

¨      Persons to be Heard from the Floor - Feyerherm presented a bill from Starved Rock Communications for $2425 for the antenna work done on the High Rise.

 Feithen made a motion to pay the bill.  Bowman seconded. 

A roll call vote was taken:  Bowman  Y  Feithen   Y  Hanson Y Riddle  Y Olson Y  Polarek  Y.  The motion passed unanimously.  

¨      Coordinator’s Report -

1.      The WETSA  Check for 8/1/01 to 8/31/01 was presented - $15,568.03

2.      Verizon submitted the line count for our system.  The letter indicated that there might be a drop in service lines next year.  Kross will get some information on line auditing for the next meeting.

3.      The Language Line quarterly report was submitted.

4    Kross reminded the Board of the National NENA Conference in Indianapolis this year June 16th through 20^th.

ADJOURNMENT

Riddle moved to adjourn the meeting, and was seconded by Bowman.  The motion passed.  The meeting adjourned at 8:48 A.M. 

Respectfully submitted,

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Charles Kross, Coordinator