CALL TO ORDER

Chairman Olson called the meeting to order at 7:35 AM

BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:

Chairman Olson, Bowman, Feithen, Hanson, Leoni, Russell, and Suppeland.

BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT:

Pettit, Rosemier, Riddle

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.  Two were added: approval to sign the contract, and questions about telephone bills.

A motion to approve the agenda as amended was made by Russell and seconded by Leoni.  There was no discussion.  The motion passed. 

MINUTES

The Chairman asked for any corrections to the July minutes.  Suppeland pointed out that the roll call vote on the bill paying did not show Yea or Nay for each voter, and included one who was not present.  Tillman said the minutes showed him as present when in fact he was not. 

A motion to approve the minutes of the July meeting was made by Russell and seconded by Leoni.  The motion passed.   

OLD BUSINESS:

¨      Treasurer’s Report:

A motion to approve the Treasurer’s Report was made by Suppeland and seconded by Hanson.  The motion passed.

• Bills Not Previously Approved:  None

• Bills:   

            Verizon                                                                                                                       225.13

            Verizon                                                                                                                      117.31

            Verizon                                                                                                                      227.75

            Verizon                                                                                                                       227.75

            Verizon                                                                                                                       304.74

            Verizon                                                                                                                         47.68

            Verizon                                                                                                                         33.73

            Verizon                                                                                                                  16,368.01

            Language Line                                                                                                         128.00

AT&T                                                                                                                            28.59

DeKalb County Housing Authority                                                                           200.00

Earlville Fire Protection District – pagers                                                           1,200.00          

            Starved Rock Communications – Keslinger tower final payment                  12,722.40

            Nice Systems, Inc. – Call check maintenance agreement w/DeKalb                 412.70

                                                                Total                                                          $     32,243.79

A motion to pay the bills was made by Russell and seconded by Suppeland. 

A roll call vote was taken:  Bowman  Y  Feithen   Y   Hanson Y  Leoni Y Russell Y  Suppeland  Y Olson Y.  The motion passed unanimously.

NEW BUSINESS

Keslinger Road Tower Report

Feyerherm reported that everything was installed and was operating.  He was unaware of any problems.  He added that the key up time is faster than it was.  He said the UPS for that site is expected during the week of August 22.  It was held up due to hurricane need in the south..

Other Fire Radio Reports

There were no reports.  System is operating correctly.

Phase I & II Mapping

Kross reported that Verizon Wireless has scheduled August 31 as the date for Phase II testing.  If all goes well they will go on line that day.  Mobile T, Sprint PCS, and Nextel are all about to start testing, within the next 30 days.  US Cellular has submitted their final tower traffic plans and Kross is assigning addresses.  Cingular has not been heard from.  Kross will contact them.

Participating Agency Requests – No Requests.

PSAP Administrators' Report – No Report

Persons to be Heard from the Floor – No One

Contract Approval

Kross presented the contract with DeKalb County IMO for maintenance of the MicroData GIS mapping system, for $14,000, and requested Board approval prior to his signing.

Suppeland moved to approve the contract.  Russell seconded.  There was no discussion.  The motion passed unanimously

Coordinator’s Report -

1.      Kross reported that he did not purchase the Board authorized DSL line.  He said the issues that prevented the MSAG Mail hookup had been taken care of.  He did say that it should be done upon his retirement.

2.      Glenna Johnson reported on last months INENA meeting.  She said that most of the meeting was taken up with discussions of VoIP.  Many new companies are registering as CLECS, which will require them to follow ICC rules, including paying 911 surcharges.

ADJOURNMENT

Russell moved to adjourn the meeting, and was seconded by Suppeland.  The motion passed.  The meeting was adjourned at 8:57 A.M.

Respectfully submitted,

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Charles Kross, Coordinator