DeKalb County, Illinois |
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Minutes of the E911 BoardApril 2, 2008 |
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CALL TO ORDER Chairman Riddle called the meeting to order at 3:33 PM.
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chairman Riddle, Feithen, Rosemier, Young, Hanson, Olson; Vice Chair Leoni joined at 3:35.
BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: Bowman, Suppeland, and Russell
GUESTS PRESENT Al Newby, DeKalb County Sheriff Department.
ALSO PRESENT Christine Johnson, DeKalb County Treasurer; Glenna Johnson, Coordinator
AGENDA The Hanson requested an addition to the New Business dealing with Private Switched ALI (PSALI). A motion to approve the agenda with the addition was made by Olson and seconded by Leoni. There was no discussion. The motion passed.
MINUTES A motion to approve the minutes of the March 5, 2008 meeting was made by Rosemier, and seconded by Young. The motion passed.
Treasurer’s Report Monthly Treasurers Report- was presented and discussed.
Bills Not Previously Submitted: DeKalb Police Department submitted a Power Phone Bill for Re Certification of EMD training for $109.00. A motion to approve the addition of this bill to the e-mailed bills was made by Hanson and seconded by Rosemier. Motion passed.
Bills:
A motion to pay the bills was made by and seconded by Olson and seconded by Young. A roll call vote was taken: Riddle Y, Leoni Y, Feithen Y, Rosemier Y, Young Y, Hanson Y, and Olson Y.
Fire Radio Reports 1. G. Johnson reported results from a phone call from Jim F. today on the following: - Microwave radio Order- Equipment has been delivered. Will be installed once all final FCC licensing is completed. - Grounding work from Insurance Audit- Work will be completed with in one week - Spare Radio that was being repaired has been returned.
Prairie Shield Tracy Smith from the DeKalb Police Department provided a presentation on the Prairie Shield on their Mission Statement and what the group has done in the past two and one half years. This group has received grant monies and expects that they will investigate additional monies in the future. Prairie Shield is looking for additional agencies to join the group. Johnson reported that no ETSB has joined the group. All entities in the group are Public Safety Agencies or business or Homeland Security, State Agencies, Colleges etc. Both State and Federal Agencies are looking to use Prairie Shield of the model for interoperable groups in the future.
MABAS Radio Coverage- Southern Portion of County
There have been communication issues with agencies south of Route 30 when attempting to use the MABAS radios. Feyerherm presented a letter with three options to resolve the problems. Riddle has requested that Feyerherm investigate those solutions and provide the ETSB with the costs tied to those options. Newby stated that the poor coverage causes issues for the PSAP when trying to dispatch for MABAS incident.
NEW BUSINESS
Johnson covered the following items that she has been working on in the past three weeks:
ADJOURNMENT
Leoni moved to adjourn the meeting, and was seconded by Olson. The motion passed. The meeting adjourned at 4:45 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
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