DeKalb County

Minutes of the Board Meeting of

December 1, 2010

CALL TO ORDER

Chairman Riddle called the meeting to order at 3:33 pm

BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:

Chairman Riddle, Feithen, Hanson, Harrison, King, Merritt, and Leoni arrived at 3:37pm

BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT:

            Metzger, Mitchell, VanLanduyt

GUESTS PRESENT

Lisa Winckler, DeKalb County Sheriff; Cary Singer, Sycamore Police Department; Mark Kessler, Sycamore Fire Department;  Jim Feyerherm, Starved Rock Communications; Lisa Miller, DeKalb Police Department arrived at 4:35pm

ALSO PRESENT

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

AGENDA

Chairman Riddle welcomed the new members to the ETSB.  The Chairman asked for any amendments to the agenda.  The motion was made by Hanson and seconded by King to approve the agenda.  The motion passed.

MINUTES

A motion to approve the minutes of the November 3, 2010 meeting was made by Feithen and seconded by Harrison. The motion passed

Treasurer’s Report

• Monthly Treasurers Report- was presented and discussed.
• A motion to approve the monthly report was made by Feithen and seconded by Harrison.  Motion passed.

• Bills Not Previously Submitted: A motion was made by Harrison and seconded by Feithen to add the bills to be paid. Motion passed
• First Bankcard                                                                          $36.56
• DeKalb Fire Project                                                                 $2,090.00

Bills:       

A motion to pay the bills was made by Hanson and seconded by Feithen.  A roll call vote was taken: Chairman Riddle- Y, Feithen- Y, Hanson- Y, Harrison-Y, King- Y, Leoni- A, , and Merritt- Y. Motion passed.

Old Business

• Fire Radio Reports
• Feyerherm reported the following:
• Genoa Kingston Paging Issue- The cable has not been buried to the proper location but he expects to have that portion completed by 12/10/10.

NEW BUSINESS

• 2010 Budget
• Line item 2319 of the Wireless 2010 Budget - A motion was made by Feithen and seconded by Hanson that the outstanding amount would be dispersed to the DeKalb Police Department and Sandwich Police Department based on population. A roll call vote was taken: Chairman Riddle- Y, Feithen- Y, Hanson- Y, Harrison-Y, King- Y, Leoni- Y, and Merritt- Y. Motion passed. 

• NG911- Monies to be moved to the NG911 account of the amount of $600,000.00 ($300,000.00 from each General and Wireless)
• This function will be done via resolution in January 2011
• Discussions were tabled until January 2011 ETSB Meeting

• 2011 Budget
• C. Johnson reviewed the 2011 budget line by line explaining any changes that were made and why the changes were made. 
• Rave Wireless expense was removed from the proposed budget with further discussion to be in January 2011 and if the board decides to proceed with the purchase the budget will be amended to reflect that amount at the end of the year.                     
• A motion was made by Leoni and seconded by Feithen to approve the 2011 Budget as discussed during the meeting. The board went into more discussion at that time:
• The $90,000.00 for DeKalb Police Department and Sandwich Police Department was added to the budget but this issue would be discussed at a later meeting on how the money will be calculated for the pay outs.
• Need total figures of PSAPs 911 calls answered by the PSAPS in the past year and what is the percent of wireless calls in each PSAP
• Could the Board afford to pay this amount on a yearly basis with surcharge monies changing from the past year at the rate proposed
• Hanson made a motion to amend the budget to separate the budgets before voting.  That motion died for a lack of a second
• Hanson made a motion to amend the budget of leaving the dollars the same but not remit to the agencies until March 31, 2011.  That motion died for a lack of a second.
• Call for question vote: A roll call vote was taken: Chairman Riddle- Y, Feithen- Y, Hanson- N, Harrison-Y, King- Y, Leoni- Y, and Merritt- N. Motion passed with 5 yes and 2 Nays.
• A copy of the 2011 budget will be attached to the December minutes

• Closed Session
• A motion was made by Harrison and seconded by Leoni to go into closed session at 4:31pm. A roll call vote was taken: Chairman Riddle- Y, Feithen- Y, Hanson- Y, Harrison-Y, King- Y, Leoni- Y, , and Merritt- Y.  Motion passed.
• A unanimous vote to return to open session was taken and the open session resumed at 4:43pm
• A motion was made by Harrison and seconded by Hanson in open session to increase G. Johnson salary by 1% for 2011 and to change her contract to reflect the county paid time off policy and this change would include her unused time from her start date.  Motion passed 

• Rave Wireless- There is still a concern with the price of the software/service and whether this is a purchase that should be made at this time. There was a discussion to make sure the contract would cover if the contract was broken that the data would be supplied to the ETSB and not lost and the updated data would also be provided on a specified timeframe or a penalty would be applied.  The board requested that the company come back in a make another presentation since not all members were in attendance of the last presentation and to answer any questions that the board may have.

• Meeting was adjourned at this point and the balance of the agenda items was not discussed.

ADJOURNMENT

King moved to adjourn the meeting, and was seconded by Harrison.  The motion passed.   The meeting adjourned at 4:59pm.

Respectfully submitted,

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Glenna Johnson, Coordinator

10 Board Members Serving 4 year Staggered Terms, Except the County Board Member is a 2 Year Term.

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