Board
members present:
Chairman Richard Olson, Vice Chair
William Riddle, William Feithen, Gary Hanson, Carl Leoni, Deborah Pettit, and
Ben Suppeland.
Guests
Present:
Lt. Al Newby, DeKalb County Sheriff's
Police, Brent Tillman, DeKalb Police Department; Jim Feyerherm, Starved Rock
Communications, Glenna Johnson, GeoComm; Kathy Minick, NIU Telephone.
Also
Present:
Christine Johnson, DeKalb County Treasurer;
Charles Kross, Coordinator
Chairman Olson
called the meeting to order at 7:32 AM
AGENDA
The Chairman
asked for any amendments to the agenda. There were none.
A motion to
approve the agenda was made by Riddle and seconded by Feithen.
There was no discussion.
The motion passed.
MINUTES
A motion to
approve the minutes of the January 8, 2003 meeting was made by Feithen
and seconded by Hanson. The motion passed.
OLD BUSINESS:
¨
Treasurer’s Report:
The Treasurer
was unable to attend. The Chair deferred the reading of the report to the
next regular meeting.
§
Bills Not Previously Approved:
Bills:
Sprint
12.78
AT&T
17.02
Verizon
9,917.17
Verizon
110.99
Verizon
35.65
Verizon
42.24
Verizon
74.31
Verizon
292.99
Verizon
29.12
Verizon -
Genoa 184.77
Starved Rock
Communications - fire radio 2,250.00
PowerPhone
199.00
Starved Rock
Communications - DeKalb split 6,960.00
Language line
181.00
NENA - Kross
dues 75.00
Novanis -
Sycamore 5,289.00
Crum-Halsted
8,509.00
Trumps Power
Protection Specialists - DeKalb Co. 1,437.00
Total
$35,6195.04
A motion to pay the bills was made by Riddle and seconded by Suppeland.
A roll call vote was taken: Feithen Y Hanson Y Leoni Y Pettit Y
Suppeland Y Riddle Y Olson Y. The motion passed unanimously.
§
Waterman Fire Radio tower - Jim
Feyerherm reported that he has heard
nothing from Waterman. Olson will contact them. Feyerherm said
there have been no reported problems from Shabbona or Lee since the old antenna
was reinstalled.
§
Sycamore/Genoa/DeKalb County
Sheriff's Police merger - The
expected completion time is between March 15 and April 1. Feyerherm reported
that the fire radio equipment is in and is capable of being used.
§
Composition of ETSB members -
Olson
said he had sent a letter to Bob Pritchard, the County Board
Chairman but has not received a reply.
§
Workshop Follow-up
1.
Kross
said that he would write letters to our participating agencies explaining why
there will be no new splits this year, and with their current balance. The
letter will go out with minutes.
2.
Kross
spoke to Deb Prather of Verizon regarding the NIU Telephone lines. She
said it would be extremely difficult to determine, due to constant change and
the variety of types of lines that the University has, and the various rates of
billing associated with each. She did say that the University would be paying
an additional $2,000 per month.
NEW BUSINESS
¨
Insurance - Kross
reported that the insurance costs have risen
significantly. This is due to the increase in the amount of our equipment
covered, the claims experienced, and the general cost increase of insurance.
Our carrier, VFIS, is one of the few that insure agencies such as ours, and
insure most of the 911 agencies in Illinois.
¨
Participating Agency Requests -
Sandwich has requested to purchase a
Telecommunicator chair for the PSAP costing $800.
Riddle
made a motion to approve the
purchase. Feithen seconded. The motion passed unanimously.
¨
Speakers from the Floor -
No one.
¨
Coordinator’s Report -
Kross distributed the reports for 911 calls for the preceding year.
ADJOURNMENT
Leoni moved to adjourn the
meeting, and was seconded by Riddle. The motion passed. The meeting adjourned
at 8:04 A.M.
Respectfully submitted,
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