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CALL TO ORDER
Chairman
Olson called the meeting to order at 7:34 AM
ROLL CALL
Board members present:
Chairman Olson, Feithen,
Hanson, Leoni, Pettit, Riddle, Russell, Rosemier, and Suppeland.
Board
members absent: Bowman
Guests Present:
Lt. Al Newby, DeKalb County
Sheriff's Police; Brent Tillman, DeKalb Police Department; Jim Feyerherm,
Starved Rock Communications; Glenna Johnson, Geo-Comm,
Also
Present: Christine Johnson, DeKalb
County Treasurer; Charles Kross, Coordinator
AGENDA
The Chairman asked for any
amendments to the agenda. There were none. A motion to approve the agenda was
made by Suppeland and seconded by Russell.
There was no discussion.
The motion passed.
MINUTES
Russell
said that the November minutes indicated he was
present, which he was not. A motion to approve the minutes of the November 2004
meeting as amended was made by Suppeland and seconded by Rosemier.
The motion passed.
OLD BUSINESS:
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Treasurer’s Report:
A motion to approve the
Treasurer’s Report was made by Russell, and seconded by Rosemier.
There was no discussion. The motion passed unanimously.
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Bills Not
Previously Approved: None
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Bills:
Language Line
84.20
Verizon
304.67
Verizon
227.71
Verizon
15,350.80
Verizon
43.70
Verizon
113.98
Verizon
231.90
Verizon
225.13
Starved Rock Communications -
Keslinger tower equipment 9,876.40
Starved Rock Communications - Kirkland tower repair 75.00
DeKalb Co. Housing
Author. 200.00
ATT
28.03
Biddle Consulting Group –
CritiCall 50,15.00
Sprint
12.84
Dictaphone
82.51
Dictaphone
8,678.68
PowerPhone
109.00
Frederick Technology Inc. -
Pagers 1,200.00
ComElec East – DeKalb Fire
Department Pagers 1,200.00
Dixon/Ottawa
Communications -` Sandwich
200.00
Total
$
43,259.55
A motion to pay the bills was made by Russell
and seconded by Riddle. A roll call vote was taken: Feithen Y
Hanson Y Leoni Y Pettit Y Riddle Y Rosemier Y Russell Y
Suppeland Y Olson Y. The motion passed.
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Budget Committee
Report
The Budget Committee
presented the proposed budget for FY 2005. Feithen told the Board that
the proposal included $84,000 in the wireless budget (line item 2318 Fire System
Dispatch Wireless). He said that DeKalb PSAP dispatches for the DeKalb Fire
Protection District as well as for the Cortland Ambulance. He said that the
citizens of DeKalb have been subsidizing the small town Fire Departments for
dispatch services, and feels that DeKalb should not be penalized because they
budget and tax for such expenses. Hanson said that he did not think the
Board should deficit spend, and adding this expense would do so in the Wireless
portion of the budget. He said that historically, except for DeKalb, there were
little or no dispatch services in the county. He said that DeKalb County Board
raised taxes to pay for three 911 Telecommunicators, and the ETSB agreed to pay
for one additional Telecommunicator. He said that fairness is sometimes what
people need, not necessarily equal spending. This proposal doesn’t add any new
services to the citizens. Russell said that the citizens of DeKalb also
paid the tax increase. He believes that the 911 system should attend to the
City’s needs as well as to the rural and villages. He said that there is money
available to pay for this, and that the issue should be addressed during the
next year.
Olson
asked Suppeland if he thought the rural
Fire Departments could participate in some dispatch cost sharing. Suppeland
said that all the departments are on very tight budgets. Perhaps cost sharing
could be phased in over a period of years. He feels the departments would not
be in favor of it, when it appears that the ETSB is sitting on a lot of money.
Until the Board shows them that it can’t afford to fund the service, they
probably will not be very receptive to cost sharing. Russell said that
the budget shows no growth in wireless income, while in fact, it is growing.
Suppeland said he thinks the Board should approve and see what happens at
the end of the year with wireless income.
Hanson
said that the savings figure doesn’t accurately
show what services and projects will come out of the fund. There are things
already earmarked for that money. He doesn’t believe the Board should
overspend. Rosemier said that it is a philosophical issue, which
probably will not go away in a year. He said he was not sure of the long-term
implications.
Feithen
made a motion to accept the budget as
presented. Suppeland seconded. Further discussion: Treasurer
Johnson said $34,000 would need to be added to line item 3502 in the Capital
Budget, to pay for the balance of the Keslinger Road Tower. Riddle moved
to amend the motion. Russell seconded.
A roll call vote was taken on the amendment.
Feithen Y Hanson Y Leoni Y Pettit Y Riddle Y Rosemier Y Russell Y
Suppeland Y Olson Y. The motion on the amendment to the budget passed.
Hanson
then requested that the Board split the question
and vote on each section of the Budget separately.
A roll call vote was taken on the General Fund
budget. Feithen Y Hanson Y Leoni Y Pettit Y Riddle Y Rosemier Y
Russell Y Suppeland Y Olson Y. The motion passed unanimously.
Hanson
then moved to table the vote on the Wireless Budget. Rosemier seconded.
Discussion: Feithen said there was no need to table it because the Board
can examine the issues over the course of the next year.
A roll call vote was taken on the motion to
table the wireless portion of the budget. Feithen N Hanson Y Leoni N
Pettit N Riddle N Rosemier Y Russell N Suppeland N Olson N. The
motion was defeated.
A roll call vote was then taken
on the Wireless Fund Budget. Feithen Y Hanson N Leoni Y Pettit Y
Riddle Y Rosemier N Russell Y Suppeland Y Olson Y. The motion
passed.
A roll call vote was then taken
on the Capital Fund Budget. Feithen Y Hanson Y Leoni Y Pettit Y Riddle
Y Rosemier Y Russell Y Suppeland Y Olson Y. The motion passed
unanimously.
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Election of
Officers
Suppeland
reported for the nominating committee. He said
the suggestion was to keep the same officers as the past year.
He made a motion to elect
Chief Richard Olson as Chairman, Chief Bill Riddle as Vice-Chair, and
Gary Hanson as Secretary. Russell seconded the motion. There was
no discussion.
A roll call vote was taken.
Feithen Y Hanson Y Leoni
Y Pettit Y Riddle Y Rosemier Y Russell Y Suppeland Y Olson N.
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Keslinger Road
Tower Report
Hanson
reported that he discussed the cost of the
Keslinger Road tower rental with the tower owners. The initial costs quoted to
Feyerherm were $600 per month; approximately $5000 initial, 1 time costs;
and a 10-year contract with a yearly 4% increase in the monthly cost. Hanson
said that the last quote he got was $500 per month; $2500 initial, 1 time
cost; and 3% yearly increase on a 5-year contract. Suppeland said he was not
pleased with those figures and thinks the Board should try to find an
alternative site. Feyerherm said he would continue to find out who
actually owns the tower on Route 23, south of DeKalb. No action was taken.
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Personnel Committee
Report
Olson
moved to go into executive session to discuss the Coordinators benefit package.
Suppeland seconded. The motion passed unanimously. The Board went into
executive session at 8:29 AM. At 8:32 the Board resumed its regular meeting.
Olson proposed a raise for the Coordinator to $18 per hour and $330 per
month office expenses.
Russell
moved to accept the proposal. Leoni
seconded. There was no additional discussion. The motion passed unanimously.
NEW BUSINESS
Russell left the
meeting at 8:50.
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Participating
Agency Requests - None
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PSAP
Administrators' Report – No report.
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Persons to be
Heard from the Floor
1.
Feyerherm
reported that he replaced the
channel card at the High Rise.
2.
Feyerherm
also reported that Genoa has some concerns regarding welding on the water
tower. He will be having another meeting next Tuesday with the representative
from the City. He said that at the least we should go ahead with the
installation of the 4’ parabolic antenna at the Sheriff’s office.
Suppeland
moved to approve the purchase and installation of a 4’ parabolic antenna for the
Sheriff’s office. Rosemier seconded. There was no additional
discussion. The motion passed unanimously.
1.
Kross
and Tillman will be going to Springfield on Tuesday, December 7, for an
all day training session on VoIP sponsored by Illinois NENA.
ADJOURNMENT
Leoni
moved to adjourn the meeting, and was
seconded by Rosemier. The motion passed. The meeting adjourned
at 9:02 A.M.
Respectfully submitted,
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Charles Kross, Coordinator
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