Also Present:
Christine Johnson, DeKalb County Treasurer; Charles Kross,
Coordinator
Vice-Chairman Riddle called the
meeting to order at 7:32 AM
AGENDA
The Chair asked for any amendments
to the agenda. There were none. A motion to approve the agenda was
made by Russell and seconded by Suppeland.
There was no discussion.
The motion passed.
MINUTES
A motion to approve the minutes of
the May 7 meeting was made by Hanson and seconded by
Russell. There was no discussion. The motion passed.
OLD BUSINESS:
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Treasurer’s Report:
Treasurer Johnson
reported for May. A motion to approve the Treasurer’s Report was
made by Russell and seconded by Suppeland. There was
no discussion. The motion passed.
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Bills Not
Previously Approved:
DeKalb Police Department presented a request to purchase
Communication Center Computers from TBC Net not to exceed $5500.
Russell made a motion to approve the request. Suppeland
seconded. There was no discussion. A roll call vote was taken:
Feithen Y Hanson Y Riddle Y Rosemier Y Suppeland Y and
Riddle Y. The motion passed unanimously.
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Bills:
Verizon
73.65
Verizon
36.10
Verizon
304.76
Verizon
42.20
Verizon
29.53
Verizon
9953.70
Verizon
9202.51
Verizon
112.32
Verizon
85.06
Verizon
63.98
Starved Rock Communications -Fire radio
2,250.00
Starved Rock
Communications - Sycamore - comb com.
20,355.00
AT&T
22.44
Language
Line
82.00
DeKalb County Housing
Author.
200.00
Charles Kross - office
expenses 1,920.00
Charles Kross - mileage 520 miles
187.20
TBC Net- DeKalb
5,500.00
Ben Suppeland - NENA conference expenses
1,760.00
Communications Direct - Hinckley pagers
1,164.00
A motion to pay the bills was made
by Rosemier and seconded by Feithen. A roll call vote
was taken: Feithen Y Hanson Y Suppeland Y Riddle Y
Rosemier Y Russell Y The motion passed unanimously.
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Fire Radio Reception
Problems - Riddle reported
that he and Suppeland had met to discuss the problems that
Sycamore Fire Department has had with their portable radios since the
cut-over of communications, to the DeKalb County Sheriff's Police. One
solution Riddle has utilized is the installation of onboard
repeaters for the some vehicles. Riddle said he knows the
system is being utilized beyond the original concept, however the
perception of the firefighters is that it is inadequate and not up to
expectations. Riddle presented a study prepared by Sycamore
Fire Department showing different locations in the community and the
reception at each location. Suppeland said he felt that there
should be some countywide testing/study of the system. Rosemier
asked if the problem was with the fire radios only or do they include
the police. Feyerherm explained the current situation only
applies to the fire radios. He went on to explain the cause of the
problems. He also added that the system was not designed to do what we
are asking it to do. Feithen said that the study should include
the police radios with interoperability in mind. Riddle said he
would send surveys to the participating Fire Department agencies and
report the findings to the Board.
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Grant Application -
Kross reported that the
grant application is basically finished except for the costs. He also
said that Brent Tillman and he learned that there may be grant
money available from our Congressman. Kross talked to DeKalb
Mayor Sparrow, who told him to get our information together, and he
would present it to Speaker Hastert.
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Telecommunication
Service Priority (TSP)- Kross
recommended that the Board do nothing during the current budget year,
since this is an unbudgeted expense. Although Verizon's representative
assured the Board that this was an unnecessary expense, it would might
be prudent to at least budget for the expense in case of a change of
company philosophy.
NEW BUSINESS
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Participating Agency
Requests -
1.
DeKalb County Sheriff's Police has requested authorization to
install an additional emergency dispatch position. Estimated cost
would be $58,000. Feithen made a motion to authorize the
expenditure up to $58,000. Russell seconded. The motion passed
unanimously.
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RFP for Mapping -
Kross said he hopes to
have it done next week. He will give it to Gary Hanson to
look over.
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Fire Department
Printers - Kross
questioned if it was necessary to continue with the local Fire
Department printers. They are all now dispatched by either by
DeKalb County Sheriff's Police, DeKalb Police Department, or KenCom.
Kross questioned the need since the responders are in radio
contact with the appropriate dispatch agency. By eliminating the
printers, the Board would save several hundred dollars per month.
It was the general consensus of the Board that the printers provide
valuable information to the responders, and that they should stay.
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PSAP
Administrators' Report -
did not meet
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Persons to be Heard
from the Floor -
1. Jim Feyerherm reported
that the Waterman UPS had recently failed which he repaired. He
also recently repaired the High Rise UPS. There is no UPS at DeKalb
County Sheriff's Police, because they have a generator.
However, because of a brief time lapse from the time the power
goes off, until the generator starts, the fire radio has to reload,
causing a radio blackout period. This could easily happen
during a dispatch, working fire, etc. He also said that we
have spare parts for most equipment, but not for UPSs. A new UPS
would cost approximately $3000. We also have no established
maintenance schedule for the UPSs we own. He said that he
could do it for $100 per unit. Feithen made a motion to
purchase a UPS to be installed at the DeKalb County Sheriff's
Police site. Additionally, that the Board hire Starved Rock
Communications to maintain the other ones owned by the Board, at a
cost not to exceed $100 per unit. Rosemier seconded.
The motion passed unanimously.
2.
Feyerherm
reported that he hoped to get the Waterman watertower radio shack
completed in the next couple of weeks.
3.
He also said that TBC Wireless will not be operating off of
the High-Rise, due to their signals conflicting with emergency
services.
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Coordinator’s Report -
no report
ADJOURNMENT
Russell
moved to adjourn the meeting, and was seconded by Suppeland.
The motion passed. The meeting adjourned at 8:53 A.M.
Respectfully submitted,
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