CALL TO ORDER

Chairman Olson called the meeting to order at 7:07 PM

ROLL CALL

Board members present:

Chairman Olson, Bowman, Feithen, Leoni, Rosemier, and Suppeland.

Board members absent:

Russell, Pettit, Hanson, Riddle (arrived after meeting start)

Guests Present:  

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

Starved Rock Communications; Glenna Johnson; Chief Frank Ottengheime of Shabbona Fire Department;

Chief Pat Colford of Somonauk Fire Department. 

Also Present:

Christine Johnson, DeKalb County Treasurer; Charles Kross, Coordinator

AGENDA

The Chairman asked for any amendments to the agenda.  Treasurer Johnson asked to discuss the yearly audit, and the establishment of a budget committee for FY ’06.

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

MINUTES

A motion to approve the minutes of the September 7, 2005 meeting was made by Feithen and seconded by Rosemier.  The motion passed. 

OLD BUSINESS:

¨      Treasurer’s Report:

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

There was no discussion.  The motion passed unanimously.

·        Bills Not Previously Approved:   

Sandwich requested reimbursement for two TCs attending incident dispatch training sponsored by First Contact 911.  Tillman said that two also attended from DeKalb.  He reported that the training was consistent with new Homeland Security needs.  Rosemier asked if the Board has paid for similar training in the past.  Kross said that normally the Board reimburses for the three PowerPhone trainings, as well as their refresher.  He said that nothing prohibits it.

Rosemier made a motion to approve the bills.  Bowman seconded the motion. 

A roll call vote was taken. Bowman  Y    Feithen  Y  Leoni  Y  Riddle  Y    Rosemier  Y Suppeland  Y and Olson   Y .  The motion passed unanimously

·        Bills:

Language Line                                                                                                            78.60

Verizon                                                                                                                1,6404.00

Verizon                                                                                                                       71.50  

Verizon                                                                                                                       47.68                          

Verizon                                                                                                                     116.78                         

Verizon                                                                                                                     304.74

Verizon                                                                                                                     227.75 

Verizon                                                                                                                      227.75

Verizon                                                                                                                      225.13

Verizon                                                                                                                       84.65                       

Starved Rock Communications                                                                                  370.60

Chuck Kross – NENA Conference Advance                                                             465.45                           

ATT                                                                                                                            28.17                   

Chuck Kross – office expenses                                                                                1,980.00

PowerPhone                                                                                                               189.00                    

NENA – Dues                                                                                                              95.00

First Contact 911                                                                                                         880.00

DeKalb County Treasurer – accounting services                                                        3,500.00                                               

                                                                Total                                                   $   25,540.79

A motion to pay the bills was made by Rosemier and seconded by Feithen.  

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

¨      Fire Radio reports

Feyerherm reported that other than a timing glitch, there were no problems with the system reported to him.  The glitch was fixed.

¨      Phase I & Phase II Mapping

            Kross reported that Phase II testing had successfully been completed for Verizon Wireless, US             Cellular, and T-Mobile.  Testing for Sprint PCS and Nextel will be done by the end of the month.      Some minor problems have been seen, and are being addressed.  Cingular will be done at a later time.  They currently (due to their merging) are not using the DeKalb County towers.

NEW BUSINESS

¨      Participating Agency Requests –

            None 

¨      PSAP Administrators' Report

            No report. 

¨      Persons to be Heard from the Floor

            Chief Ottengheime raised the issue of the Fire Department’s need for more, newer pagers.  Some        of the older types are no longer made, nor can they be repaired.  A discussion ensued regarding the             need, cost, quality, and availability of pagers.  Kross said that he would check into State           purchasing.       Olson said that this issue should be brought to the Budget Committee.  Ottengheime         said that this was           part of the basic service the Board is to supply.  Olson disagreed and said that much more service is     being supported to the Fire Department’s than was previously done, e.g., Fire Dispatch.  Kross said   he would report to the Budget Committee during their discussions.

¨      Financial Audit

            Treasurer Johnson presented the 2004 audit from Sikich Gardner & Co, LLP.  Copies were    distributed to the Board members.  The only suggestion made was to increase the fixed asset audit to quarterly, rather than yearly.  Kross said that he did not agree with this since the amount of time required did not justify it.  There are not that many capital assets regularly purchased.

¨      Budget Committee

            Chairman Olson appointed Feithen, Riddle, Hanson, and Olson to the Committee.  Kross will       set up the time and date for the meeting.

¨      Coordinator’s Report

            Kross said that he will be attending the NENA/APCO/ICC Conference will be held at the end of the    month in Springfield.  Also attending locally will be Brent Tillman, Sgt. Lisa Fredrickson, and             TC       Jean Sandman.

ADJOURNMENT

Leoni moved to adjourn the meeting, and was seconded by Riddle.  The motion passed.  The meeting adjourned at 8:00 PM.

Respectfully submitted,

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Charles Kross, Coordinator

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