Guests
Present:
Lt. Al Newby,
DeKalb County Sheriff's Police, Brent Tillman, DeKalb Police
Department; Jim Feyerherm, Starved Rock Communications, Chief Don
Grady, NIU PD; Kathy Minick, NIU Telephone; Glenna Johnson, Geo-Comm;
Benny Escutia, Verizon.
Also
Present:
Christine Johnson, DeKalb County
Treasurer; Charles Kross, Coordinator
Chairman Olson
called the meeting to order at 7:35 AM
AGENDA
The Chairman asked for any
amendments to the agenda. Two were added. Both will be new business
– an update of County Board information, and the financial audit. A
motion to approve the agenda, as amended, was made by Leoni
and seconded by Riddle.
There was no discussion.
The motion passed.
MINUTE
A motion to approve the minutes of
the February meeting was made by Hanson and seconded by
Suppeland. The motion passed.
OLD BUSINESS:
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Treasurer’s Report:
Chris Johnson
presented the January and February
Treasurer’s Report. Johnson reported that the CD had been
put into a money market account, because the interest received was
greater in the money market.
A motion to approve the Treasurer’s
Report was made by Russell and seconded by Bowman.
The motion passed.
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Bills Not
Previously Approved:
DeKalb County
Sheriff's Police requested to add a $475.44 bill. A motion was made
by Suppeland and seconded by Russell to approve the
expenditure. The motion passed unanimously.
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Bills:
A motion to pay the bills was made by
Hanson and seconded by Riddle. A roll call vote was
taken: Bowman Y Hanson Y Leoni Y Pettit Y Russell Y Suppeland Y
Riddle Y Olson Y. The motion passed unanimously.
OLD BUSINESS
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Waterman Fire Radio
tower - Jim Feyerherm
of Starved Rock Communications said that the equipment has not
yet been put into the new building. He expects it to be done very
soon. He also said that the equipment is in and working at the
Genoa watertower site. Agency testing is available now. Hanson
said that because of the new state administration, the grant money
has been held up, but is still in the works.
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Sycamore/Genoa/DeKalb County Sheriff's Police merger - Riddle
reported that things are falling into line for an April switchover.
Fiber lines have been laid and software training is taking place.
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Composition of ETSB
members - Hanson
reported he has spoken to the Chairman of the County Board and they
anticipated making changes in March or April. Kross reported
that NENA is forwarding legislation that would eliminate the
requirement for a County Board member to be on the ETSB. He will
keep the Board updated on the legislation.
NEW BUSINESS
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Participating
Agency Requests -
1.
There was a discussion regarding the purchase of pagers for
the Fire Departments. A motion was made by Russell to allow
each agency to purchase up to three pagers, not to exceed $1200
total. Riddle seconded. The motion passed
unanimously.
2.
Olson
discusses two issues of concern expressed to him. 1) Sandwich Fire
Department has had an issue with information being passed to
KenCom who does their dispatching. A problem was located within the
telephone system, and has been corrected. 2) DeKalb County
Sheriff's Police expressed concern that updated MSAG information
has not been forwarded to them in a timely manner. A problem
occurred with a non-911 call where incorrect information was
dispatched to a responding agency, due to old MSAG information.
Kross said he would make extra effort to get the updates to
DeKalb County Sheriff's Police.
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PSAP
Administrators' Report -
No report. The committee hasn't met.
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Persons to be Heard
from the Floor - No one
appeared.
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County Board Update
- Hanson and
Johnson said that they would soon be appearing before a County
Board Committee that is interested in the financial aspects of the
ETSB. They will report.
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Audit -
Johnson distributed the audit report supplied by Sikich
Gardner. She noted that the two areas recommended for improvements
by Sikich Gardner have been changed and meet their recommendations.
The only recommendation from this audit involves tracking the
investments in Quick Books rather than Excel.
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Coordinator’s
Report - no report.
ADJOURNMENT
Hanson
moved to adjourn the meeting, and was seconded by Russell.
The motion passed. The meeting adjourned at 8:18 A.M.
