June 1, 2009

CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Riddle called the meeting to order at 3:31 PM.

BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:
Chairman Riddle, Bowman, Feithen, Hanson, Leoni, Metzger, Olson. New member Todd Walker   was introduced.  He replaced Ben Suppeland.

BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT:
            Harrison, Mitchell

GUESTS PRESENT
Al Newby, DeKalb County Sheriff Department; Jim Feyerherm, Starved Rock Communications;   

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

AGENDA
The Chairman asked for any amendments to the agenda.  The motion was made by Olson and seconded by Bowman to approve agenda.  The motion passed.

MINUTES
A motion to approve the minutes of the June 3, 2009 meeting was made by Metzger and seconded by Hanson.  The motion passed. 

Treasurer’s Report

• Monthly Treasurers Report- was presented and discussed.

• A motion to approve monthly report was made by Olson and seconded by Leoni.  Motion passed.

• Bills Not Previously Submitted: None

Bills:

A motion to pay the bills was made by Bowman and seconded by Olson.  A roll call vote was taken: Chairman Riddle- Y, Bowman- Y, Feithen-Y, Hanson-Y, Leoni-Y, Metzger-Y, and Olson- Y,
Walker- O.

Old Business

• Fire Radio Reports
• Feyerherm reported: 
• Feyerherm and G. Johnson reported they will tour the south sites on 7/02/09.
• Somonauk tower- installation is completed
• Work done on the UPS at Waterman tower and Somonauk tower.

• Private Switched ALI (PS ALI)
• G. Johnson stated this is an ongoing process and there is still about the same response to the letters. 

NEW BUSINESS

• Legislative Issues- Wireless carrier funds have been swept and will continue to be swept is the governor signs SB 1433.  Our monies have been delayed until the governor signs a state budget.

• Participating Agency Requests –  None

• PSAP Administrators' Report –
• G. Johnson reported the last meeting was held June 16, 2009.  Next meeting will be July 8, 2009 at noon; location will be at Glenna’s Office.
• Items discussed:
• EMD Training
• Narrow banding
• Monitors for the mapping

• Persons to be Heard from the Floor -  None

• Coordinator’s Report – Johnson reported the following:

• Ben Suppeland- Johnson recommended that the ETSB send monies for a memorial fund for the memorial service on 7/15 instead of a plaque for Ben’s involvement on the ETSB.

• Verizon -.  Johnson met with the sales rep and engineer.  They discussed many things. One item was the PSAP phone install and the warranty of the phone system..

• Verizon Network moved One database circuit on Thursday, June 25

• Wireless Carrier Issue- Still working on going issues.

• Safe Link Wireless- they have requested that the ETSB sign/approve the calls to route to the PSAP.  This is a carrier that provides a lifeline service to low income families.

• NG Region Meeting- Johnson attended a Plant/CML presentation on 6/17/09

• Additional Vendor Demos – 7/15/09 microDATA and Motorola(Plant/CML)

• NENA- NG911- Johnson continues to attend equipment and data weekly conference calls

• Telematics-  OnStar is changing the call information to bring longitude and latitude into the PSAP for 911 calls

• Current Technologies- Johnson met with this vendor on 6/24.

ADJOURNMENT

Olson moved to adjourn the meeting, and was seconded by Bowman.    The motion passed.   The meeting adjourned at 3:52pm.
           
Respectfully submitted,

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