CALL TO ORDER

Chairman Riddle called the meeting to order at 3:37 PM

ROLL CALL

Board members present:

Chairman Riddle, Bowman, Feithen, Hanson, Leoni, Olson, Russell, Suppeland, and Young.

            Board members absent:Rosemier,

Guests Present:

Lt. Al Newby, DeKalb County Sheriff's Police; Sgt. Lisa Miller, DeKalb Police Department; Sgt. Joe Przybyla, NIU PD; Jim Feyerherm, Starved Rock Communications; 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 that the final vote on the proposed budget be made prior to paying bills.  A motion to approve the agenda as amended was made by Olson and seconded by Leoni.  There was no discussion.  The motion passed. 

MINUTES

A motion to approve the minutes of the November, 2006 meeting was made by Bowman and seconded by Hanson.  The motion passed. 

OLD BUSINESS:

¨      Budget Discussion/Vote

            Young asked the Board to reconsider the vote made at the last meeting regarding the 20% funding of a radio recording system for NIU PD.  He asked the Chairman for, and was granted time to make a presentation in support of 100 % funding of the recorder.  He presented charts and statistics to show the increase in calls the NIU PSAP has taken, since Phase II wireless has been established.  He discussed how the NIU PSAP has taken crimes in progress calls for NIU, as well as for other agencies, and how important recordings are.  He also said that recordings help with quality control for Telecommunicators. 

            Feithen responded that by NIU PSAP receiving full funding, all of the rest of the communities in the county end up subsidizing a state agency.  He said that since NIU only returns 20% of total line revenues to the ETSB. 

            Young responded that the revenue was established by ICC regulations, not a choice of the  University. 

            Hanson said that he could not support the request by adding that the State of Illinois has been             irresponsible in not paying their share of various funding, including $50,000 for an antenna, for the DeKalb County ETSB,  which had been previously approved. 

            Olson said that Board has suggested to other local agencies to find other funding for their various needs, e.g., Fire Pagers.  He said he was concerned that this would reopen the door for those agencies to come back to the Board for funding, which should be done locally.            

            Young moved that the previous vote be vacated and a new vote be taken.  Riddle seconded.                     A roll call vote was taken.  Bowman  N  Feithen  N  Hanson  N  Leoni  N  Olson  N   Russell  N  Suppeland  N  Young   Y  Riddle  N.  The motion was defeated.

      A motion to accept the Fiscal Year 2007 budget as presented was made by Suppeland   and seconded by Feithen.  A roll call vote was taken:  Bowman  Y  Feithen  Y  Hanson      Y     Leoni  Y  Olson Y    Russell  Y  Suppeland  Y  Young  Y  Riddle  Y.   The motion passed.

¨      Treasurer’s Report:

The Treasurer presented her report.

                  A motion to approve the Treasurer’s Report was made by Olson, and seconded by Leoni.

                  There was no discussion. The motion passed unanimously.

·        Bills Not Previously Approved:   None

·        Bills:

A motion to pay the bills was made by Russell and seconded by Bowman.  A roll call vote was taken:  Bowman  Y   Feithen   Y   Hanson Y   Leoni  Y  Olson Y  Russell  Y  Suppeland  Y  Young  Y  Riddle  Y.   The motion passed.

¨      Fire Radio Reports

            Jim Feyerherm of Starved Rock Communications reported that the radio tower at the Sheriff’s             office is now operational.   As a result of this the interference problem that existed between the Sycamore tower and the DeKalb High Rise has disappeared.  The two radios which had been loaned by a local vendor have been returned.  Feyerherm said he would be going around to the radio sites  generator which had been given to them by Homeland Security which Feyerherm was able to use to power the radios.

¨      Future Planning Discussion

            Discussion was tabled until the next meeting.

¨      New Personnel Report

            Kross presented an early draft of a job description for the Assistant Coordinator.    He will continue             to develop it, and then bring the Committee together for final approval and advertising of the position.  Feithen suggested that the Board try to fill the position beginning the second half of the fiscal year.

            Chairman Riddle moved to go into executive session to discuss personnel issues.  Feithen             seconded.  The motion passed and Board went into session at 4:32 PM.  The Board resumed the        meeting at 4:38 PM.  Riddle moved to offer a 1 year contract to the coordinator with a 3.5% raise     and all other areas remain the same.  Olson seconded.  The motion passed unanimously.

¨      Capital Expenditures

            Kross will bring copies of the property inventory lists to the next meeting so members will have a better idea of the property owned by the Board.

¨      Verizon Maintenance Contract

            Kross will continue to try to get a definitive answer from Verizon, regarding a contract for next      year.

NEW BUSINESS

¨      Participating Agency Requests

            None

¨      PSAP Administrators' Report.

            No report

¨      Persons to be Heard from the Floor

            No one

¨      Coordinator’s Report

             No report 

ADJOURNMENT

·        Olson moved to adjourn the meeting, and was seconded by Leoni.  The motion passed.   The meeting adjourned at 4:40 P.M.

Respectfully submitted,

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Charles Kross, Coordinator

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