CALL TO ORDER

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

ROLL CALL

Board members present:

Chairman Riddle, Bowman, Hanson, Leoni, Rosemier, Russell, and Suppeland,

            Board members absent:

                        Feithen,Olson, Young.

Guests Present:

                        Lt. Al Newby, DeKalb County Sheriff's Police; Glenna Johnson, Geo-Comm

Also Present:

Christine Johnson, DeKalb County Treasurer; Charles Kross, Coordinator

AGENDA

The Chairman asked for any amendments to the agenda. A motion to approve the agenda as amended was made by Russell and seconded by Rosemier.  There was no discussion.  The motion passed. 

MINUTES

Riddle asked if there were any corrections to the February minutes.  Russell said that towards the bottom of page 2, his name is mentioned in discussion.  He was not at the meeting.  There were no further corrections.  A motion to approve the minutes, as amended, of the February, 2006 regular meeting was made by Hanson and seconded by Bowman. The motion passed. 

OLD BUSINESS:

¨      Treasurer’s Report:

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

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 Suppeland.  A roll call vote was taken:  Bowman  Y   Hanson Y   Olson Y  Rosemier  Y  Suppeland  Y    Riddle  Y.   The motion passed.

¨      Fire Radio reports

            Jim Feyerherm of Starved Rock Communications was not present to report on any specific             problems.  Lt.   Newby reported that the new radio tower at DeKalb County Sheriff's Police because of some issues.  Otherwise he was not aware of any problems.

¨      Future Planning/Philosophy

            Because three of the members were not at the meeting, there was no in-depth discussion.  Some issues were posed.  Suppeland  said that the ETSB has become a major source of funds for primary Police and Fire dispatching in DeKalb County, except for NIU, Sandwich, and DeKalb.  The Board is now also funding for the City of DeKalb Dispatch.  That was not one of the original plans. Hanson questioned how the Board would continue funding if revenues are reduced.  Russell said he thought the Board may have gone too far  already and may have to cut some things in the future.  Bowman asked the reason for the discussion at this time, since presently funding is not an issue.  Riddle said it was to help in future direction for the Board and  for future members.  Russell speculated that if the Board continued to expand its funding, it might be  necessary to look into a surcharge increase. Rosemier inquired what the roll of the ETSB was, in funding local equipment.   Riddle suggested that the Board members develop some questions for the next meeting.

NEW BUSINESS

¨      Participating Agency Requests -

The Fire agencies reported that the local MABAS radios will have to change some private line codes.  It will cost around $1,000.  Russell made a motion to fund the changes.  Suppeland seconded.  There was no further discussion.  The motion passed unanimously.

¨      PSAP Administrators' Report – No report.

¨      Persons to be Heard from the Floor – No one

¨      Coordinator’s Report –More software upgrades are going to be installed by Verizon on the DeKalb Router.  They say it will be seamless.

ADJOURNMENT

Russell moved to adjourn the meeting, and was seconded by Suppeland .  The motion passed.   The meeting adjourned at 4:11 P.M.

Respectfully submitted,

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Charles Kross, Coordinator

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