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Coordinator’s Report -
1.
The sunset provision for WETSA funds was signed by the Governor, which
means the reimbursements will continue for 5 more years.
2.
Verizon will be doing a router upgrade - both software and hardware. The
target date is October 2. The proceeding Tuesday CML will coordinate with all
the PSAPs. The planned down time will be 3 to 5 hours. A Verizon employee will
be at each PSAP. A 7-digit line will take 911 calls during the outage.
3.
Verizon hopes to have a synchronized Atomic Clock Time of day on router
in the next several months. They hope to have field trials by end of year.
This would then allow agencies to synchronize this time with their other
equipment to report the time more accurately.
4.
815 overlay - Verizon says the overlay will require 2 times the number of
trunks we now have @ 2 times the cost. This is based upon CML not being able to
handle the switching.
5.
The WETSA reimbursements are not completely accurate when they are
issued. There are 32 wireless companies in Illinois. Several of them have
recently changed their accounting systems and are behind in payments. They
are not required to pay for 45 days.
6.
New EMD rules - PSAP is to document each time EMD is used.
7.
Ogle CO will switch all of their Fire Departments to 154.34
