CALL TO ORDER

Chairman Riddle called the meeting to order at 3:31 PM

ROLL CALL

Board members present:

Chairman Riddle, Feithen, Hanson, Leoni, Olson, and Suppeland,

            Board members absent:

                        Bowman, Russell, Rosemier, Young

Guests Present:

Lt. Al Newby, DeKalb County Sheriff's Police; Sgt. John Kreutziger, NIU PD; and Glenna Johnson, Geo-Comm

Also Present:

Christine Johnson, DeKalb County Treasurer; Charles Kross, Coordinator

AGENDA

The Chairman asked for any amendments to the agenda.  Kross asked to add letter from Penny Meier of DeKalb Police Department regarding problems with the new addressing of Cortland.  Lt. Newby from DeKalb County Sheriff's Police asked to address a 911 problem with NIU students.  Treasurer Johnson has the audit reports.  A motion to approve the agenda as amended was made by Olson and seconded by Suppeland.  There was no discussion.  The motion passed. 

MINUTES

The Chairman pointed out that there was an error in the Call to order of the May 3, 2006 meeting.   A motion to approve the minutes as amended was made by Hanson and seconded by Leoni. The motion passed. 

OLD BUSINESS:

¨      Treasurer’s Report:

A motion to approve the Treasurer’s Report as presented was made by Olson, and seconded by Suppeland. There was no discussion. The motion passed unanimously.

·        Bills Not Previously Approved:   None

·        Bills:                  

A motion to pay the bills was made by Olson and seconded by Hanson. 

A roll call vote was taken: Feithen   Y   Hanson Y   Leoni Y  Olson Y            Suppeland  Y  Riddle  Y. 

The motion passed.

¨      Fire Radio reports

Jim Feyerherm of Starved Rock Communications reported to Kross that he has nearly completed the tower site UPS inspections and has found no       problems. He is unaware of any current radio problems.

·        Board Philosophy Discussion-

Due to the absence of four members, the scheduled discussion was not done.  Chairman Riddle handed out an article entitled 911 Overhaul, for each of the members.

NEW BUSINESS

·        Meier Letter

Penny Meier, Chief Feithen’s Secretary, submitted a letter to Kross, enumerating some problems with the recent address changes in Cortland.  Some of the issues are: addresses previously in the DeKalb Police/Fire CAD system are not included in the new addresses; addresses that are duplexes now only have one address; duplications of addresses; and other technical issues.  Kross said he would meet with the affected agencies and try to work things out.

·        Audit

Treasurer Johnson presented the audit completed by Sikich LLP, our auditors.  Olson moved to accept the report and place it on file.  Suppeland seconded.  There was no discussion.  The motion passed unanimously.

·        NIU students reporting Problems

Lt. Newby explained that the Sheriff’s PSAP receives an inordinate amount of wireless 911 calls from NIU students.  Many of these calls are not 911 emergencies.  Because of the proliferation of cell phones at the University, a large number of the calls are routed to DeKalb County.  Most of the students come from communities outside of the DeKalb County area.  Many of these communities have different operating philosophies from DeKalb County.  Some communities request callers to use 911 for all calls to the police, whether they are emergencies or not.  Newby feels we need to put out more public information regarding when to call 911, and when not to.  It was suggested that the Board obtain some coverage from the local papers at the beginning of the school year, as one method to distribute the information.  Kross will meet with Lt. Newby and lay out the plan for the August meeting.

¨      Participating Agency Requests - none

¨      PSAP Administrators' Report – No report.

¨      Persons to be Heard from the Floor – No one

·        Coordinator’s Report

Glenna Johnson and Ben Suppeland attended the state NENA/APCO joint meeting in Bloomington last month.  The discussion was focused on the VoIP and its effect on PSAPS.  They reported that there is a lot of emphasis being directed towards the VoIP companies paying a surcharge or in some manner forwarding revenues to the PSAPs.  There are a large number of issues dealing with VoIP and they are being addressed on a national lever.  They also reported that an increased wireless surcharge is being suggested.

ADJOURNMENT 

Leoni moved to adjourn the meeting, and was seconded by Olson.  The motion passed.   The meeting adjourned at 4:20 P.M.
  

Respectfully submitted,

__________________________

Charles Kross, Coordinator

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