CALL TO ORDER

Chairman Olson called the meeting to order at 3:34 PM

ROLL CALL

Board members present:

Chairman Olson, Bowman, Feithen, Hanson, Leoni, Riddle, Russell, Rosemier, Suppeland, and

Young

            Board members absent:

Guests Present:

               Lt. Al Newby, DeKalb County Sheriff's Police; Brent Tillman, DeKalb Police Department; Jim

Feyerherm, Starved Rock Communications; Glenna Johnson, Geo-Comm, Sgt. John Kreutziger, NIU PD

Also Present:

Christine Johnson, DeKalb County Treasurer; Charles Kross, Coordinator

AGENDA

The Chairman asked for any amendments to the agenda.  Kross asked that a discussion of NIU SS7 issues be added, and a brief discussion of the address changes in Cortland.  A motion to approve the agenda as amended was made by Russell and seconded by Leoni.  There was no discussion.  The motion passed. 

BUDGET APPROVAL

            The budget proposed by the Budget Committee was presented by Treasurer Johnson.  As in             preceding years, the revenue projections were conservative.  There were some questions all of     which             were regarding what individual expenses were.  Johnson explained that the overall budget was divided into three funds; General, Wireless, and Capital.  All of these fund budgets show a deficit, however, previous years have started in the same manner without ending in deficit.  Some of the considerations the committee faced were reducing revenues due to decrease in wire lines, increased funding for fire department pagers, possible software updates and purchases, the unknown effect of VoIP, and an expected new tariff from Verizon, which will probably increase our charges from them.

            Suppeland moved to accept the budget as presented.  Russell seconded.  A roll call vote was taken.                   Bowman Y, Feithen Y, Hanson Y, Leoni Y, Young Y, Riddle Y, Rosemier Y, Russell Y,  Suppeland Y,
            Olson Y.

MINUTES

A motion to approve the minutes of the November 2005 meeting was made by  Russell     and seconded by Hanson.  The motion passed. 

OLD BUSINESS:

¨      Treasurer’s Report:

   Treasurer Johnson presented the report for November 2005.

       A motion to approve the Treasurer’s Report was made by Rosemier, and seconded by                                         Suppeland.

      There was no discussion.  The motion passed unanimously.

·        Bills Not Previously Approved:   None

·        Bills:

                   Language Line                                                                                              74.80                                            Verizon                                                                                                16,407.39                                

Verizon                                                                                                     116.74

Verizon                                                                                                     225.13

Verizon                                                                                                       76.12

Verizon                                                                                                       43.70

Verizon                                                                                                       227.75

Verizon                                                                                                       227.75

Verizon                                                                                                       304.75

Verizon                                                                                                         33.77

DeKalb Co. Housing Authority.                                                                  200.00

Nicomm, LLC – Sycamore Split                                                              1,730.00     

City of DeKalb – Dispatch Services                                                       84,000.00  

Sprint                                                                                                           12.99

Paw Paw Fire Department – Split                                                               109.51

Maple Park Fire Department – split                                                            509.34            

Earlville Fire Department - split                                                                   558.11

Lock box manning- 10 departments                                                         1,000.00                                         

Biddle Consulting Group -CritiCall – maint. exp.                                         999.00

                                                 Total                                                             

            A motion to pay all of the bills except for CritiCall was made by Russell and seconded by                    Riddle.  A roll call vote was taken:  Bowman  Y   Feithen  Y   Hanson Y   Leoni  Y                                       Young  Y Riddle  Y  Rosemier  Y  Russell Y  Suppeland  Y  Olson Y.  The motion passed.

            A motion was made by Russell and seconded by Riddle to pay the CritiCall maintenance                expense.   There was no discussion.  A roll call vote was taken.  Bowman  Y  Feithen  Y                           Hanson  Y  Leoni  Y  Young  Y  Riddle  Y  Rosemier  Y  Russell  Y  Suppeland  Y Olson  Y.  The motion passed unanimously.  

¨      Fire Radio reports

                        Jim Feyerherm reported that the radio system is working well.  He said that a radio that has                            been used as a spare needs to be reworked/reconditioned. It has been used when one of the                         other radios goes out and has to be replaced for repairs. 

                        Feithen made a motion to approve of the repair.  Suppeland seconded.  There was no                            further discussion The motion passed unanimously

NEW BUSINESS

·        Coordinator’s Benefit Package

            Riddle made a motion for the Board to go into executive session to discuss the Coordinator’s               benefit package.  Russell seconded.  The motion passed unanimously at 1552 hours.  The Board reconvened at 1605.  Russell made a motion to increase the Coordinator’s pay 3%. Rosemier seconded.  The motion passed unanimously.

·        Election of Officers

1.          Chairman Olson opened the nominations for Chairman.  Feithen nominated Chief Bill Riddle           for Chairman.  Russell seconded the nomination.  There were no other nominations.  Hanson moved that there being only one nomination, Chief Riddle be elected by acclimation.  Bowman seconded the motion.  The motion passed unanimously.  Riddle accepted the office.

2.          Chairman Olson opened the nominations for Vice Chairman.  Feithen nominated Lt. Carl Leoni for Vice Chairman.  There were no other nominations.  Rosemier moved that there being only one nomination, Lt. Leoni be elected by acclimation.  Russell seconded.  The motion passed unanimously.  Leoni accepted the office.

3.          Chairman Olson opened the nominations for Secretary.  Hanson nominated Chief Ed Bowman for Chairman.  Russell seconded the nomination.  There were no other nominations.  Suppeland moved that there being only one nomination, Chief Bowman be elected by acclimation.  Riddle seconded the motion.  The motion passed unanimously.  Bowman accepted the office.

·        NIU SS7 Issues

              Kross reported that when Verizon made the switchover to the SS7 software, they did not switch  NIU, because of the hardware present at NIU.  NIU basically has its own telephone company, which subcontracts to Verizon.  By not switching over to SS7, it would prohibit NIU PSAP from receiving the 911 calls from the new area code overlay, when it becomes effective.  One alternative would be to run two new additional trunk lines to the PSAP with the accompanying startup and monthly costs for the Board.  Feithen said that he was not sure he would be supportive of that and would like further information.  Kross said that he would get together with NIU and Verizon and determine what the alternatives are.

·        Cortland Address Changes

                Kross reported that the Village of Cortland will be readdressing all of their streets this coming       spring. Suppeland said that it was to take place on March 12.  Kross said that it will require all of the addresses in the MSAG to be changed with Verizon as well as with the PSAPs running CAD systems.  He said he anticipated getting more information in the near future and will keep everyone updated.  Hanson said that DeKalb County government was anticipating some additional work as well.

¨      Participating Agency Requests - None

¨      PSAP Administrators' Report – No report.

¨      Persons to be Heard from the Floor

¨      Coordinator’s Report

1. Kross distributed the ETSB Year End report of PSAP activity.

2. He said that Cingular is now testing Phase II, contrary to what they originally said would be in the spring.

3. Sprint is finishing up testing of sites that they had some problems with.

ADJOURNMENT

Leoni moved to adjourn the meeting, and was seconded by Riddle.  The motion passed.   The meeting adjourned at 4:39 PM

Respectfully submitted,

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Charles Kross, Coordinator

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