DeKalb County

Minutes of the Board Meeting of

July 02, 2008

CALL TO ORDER

Vice Chairman Leoni called the meeting to order at 3:34 PM.

BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:

Vice Chairman Leoni, Feithen, Rosemier, Young, Bowman, Russell, Hanson, Olson

BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT:

            Chairman Riddle, Suppeland

GUESTS PRESENT

Al Newby, DeKalb County Sheriff Department; Jim Feyerherm, Starved Rock Communications, Lisa Miller, DeKalb Police Department

ALSO PRESENT

Christine Johnson, DeKalb County Treasurer; Glenna Johnson, E911 Coordinator

AGENDA

The Vice Chairman asked for any amendments to the agenda.  Hanson requested the removal of “Discussion on Financing PSAP Phone System” from the agenda and C. Johnson requested an addition of the Quarterly Financial Status Report to be discussed.  The motion was made by Olson and seconded by Russell to approve the agenda with these changes.  The motion passed.

MINUTES

A motion to approve the minutes of the June 11, 2008 meeting was made by Bowman, and seconded by Olson.  The motion passed. 

Treasurer’s Report

·        Monthly Treasurers Report- was presented and discussed.

• A motion to approve monthly report was made by Russell and seconded by Young.  Motion passed.

·        Bills Not Previously Submitted:

• Russell requested an addition of a bill for payment from Starved Rock Communications $100.00 for DeKalb Fire Department for work on a fire console because of loud noise on the radios.  The bill was added to the bills to be paid.

Bills:

A motion to pay the bills with the addition of the bill from Starved Rock Communications was made by Rosemier and seconded by Russell.  A roll call vote was taken:  Leoni- Y, Feithen- Y, Rosemier- Y, Young-Y, Bowman- Y, Russell- Y, Hanson- Y, and Olson- Y

Old Business

• Fire Radio Reports

• Feyerherm reported the following:

-   Feyerherm reported on outstanding projects.  He anticipates all projects to be completed by August 01, 2008.

-   He reported there was an issue again with the conditioned lines to the Keslinger Tower. They worked on the issue 6/30/08.  Issues continue with this tower when there is a rain storm.  The issues are not with the main traffic on repeat traffic. Verizon has switched the cable pairs to stop the interruptions of service. It could be in the cable to the tower.  May need to investigate other options. 

·        MABAS

• Feyerherm reported the following:

  • He anticipates project completion in August 01, 2008

·        Private Switched ALI (PS ALI)

• C. Johnson provided a list of all property that meets the law dealing with PS ALI to G. Johnson.  G. Johnson has started to review the lists.  The letter to be mailed to the qualifying entities.  The letter will be reviewed by the ETSB before it is to be sent out.

NEW BUSINESS

• Participating Agency Requests –  none

• PSAP Administrators' Report –

  • G. Johnson reported there will be a meeting 7/09/08, at noon at one of the Sycamore conference rooms.  Discussion items will be PSAP issues and SOP review.

• Persons to be Heard from the Floor -  none

• Coordinator’s Report – Johnson reported the following:

-          Verizon –

o        SMART install- still working on. Seems to be a router issue

o        Verizon bill increase- still working on

-          Worked on MSAG and ALI Database errors- Continue to work on these items as I have in the past

-          County phone system (Cisco)- working with Chris and Gary on this

o        Attended a Cisco/Maron Meeting/Class

-          NENA Conference

o        1 ˝ days were spent in the Vendor Area- met with 911 vendors about NG911 equipment

o        Attended an AT&T/Intrado presentation about NG911 database services

o        Attended NG911 Tracks and Sheila attended GIS tracks

-          microDATA maintenance- still waiting for them to get back to me on the correct figure for the maintenance. 

-          Pictometry Demos- I attended demos on June 19^th and July 2^nd

-          Legislation- State sweep 911 funds- This can not be done for 911 wireless because of previous legislation that was passed for both the Wireless Carriers portion and the county portion of the surcharge monies

o        E-mail on approved legislation- HR3403- Legislation passed dealing with Voice Over Internet Protocol

-          TDD keyboards- The keyboards that we use at the 911 positions have been discontinued and are not repairable

Russell informed the ETSB that he would be retiring as of the end of July 2008.  The ETSB wished him the best in his retirement and thanked him for all his hard work on the board.

ADJOURNMENT

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

Respectfully submitted,

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Glenna Johnson, Coordinator