CALL TO ORDER

Chairman Riddle called the meeting to order at 3:34 PM

ROLL CALL

Board members present:

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

            Board members absent:

                        Suppeland

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 to add approval of the mapping contract with DeKalb County IMO.  A motion to approve the agenda as amended was made by Leoni and seconded by Bowman.  There was no discussion.  The motion passed. 

MINUTES

A motion to approve the minutes of the July and August 2006 meetings was made by   Russell    and seconded by Riddle.   The motion passed. 

OLD BUSINESS:

¨      Treasurer’s Report:

Treasurer Johnson presented the report ending August 30.

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

There was no discussion. The motion passed unanimously.

·        Bills Not Previously Approved:   Kross, NENA Conference, $125; DeKalb Police Department, PowerPhone training, $578; CritiCall, Maintenance agreement, $999.

·                    Bills:

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

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

·        Fire Radio reports

Feyerherm reported that the cooling fan has been installed at the Somonauk Tower site.  He said that there have been intermittent communication problems between the Sycamore tower and the DeKalb tower.  Extensive trouble shooting has occurred including replacing the radios, but it still persists.  Additional trouble shooting will be put off until the new Sycamore tower goes on line – possibly by next month.

The discussion this month was to identify some of the weaknesses of the system.  Leoni said he felt that there were problems for the Board members to comprehend all of the technical issues it faces.  He said Feyerherm explains thing well, and Rosemier asks good questions, but that it sometimes was overwhelming.  Riddle said that new technologies were difficult to keep current on.  Olson expressed concern regarding the Verizon telephone bills, as well as knowing the validity of the revenue from Verizon lines.  Kross will check on a couple of sources to determine if there can be greater oversight.   Feithen expressed concern that there is no backup for the Coordinator, in times of leave or illness.  Kross added that since the computer equipment is in his home, it might be important to find office space.  Riddle also expressed concern that the communities don’t understand the Board finances, and why it may become necessary to seek an increase in funding. 

·        Report on Public Service Information for Returning NIU Students

Due to illness and leave, no progress has been made on this project since the last meeting.

NEW BUSINESS

¨      Participating Agency Requests - none

¨      PSAP Administrators' Report – No report.

¨      Persons to be Heard from the Floor –

Riddle told the Board that there will be a remembrance ceremony on September 11 at 7:00 PM at Johnson Corners in Sycamore.  There will also be a countywide, silent parade of fire agencies on Sunday, September 10, beginning in DeKalb at 11:00 AM.  There was also a brief discussion of the emergency radio vans, located around the state, which are available for local emergency/disaster situations.

¨      Coordinator’s Report

1.        Kross will be attending the NENA Conference Oct 22 thru Oct 25 in Springfield

·        Contract with IMO

The contract with DeKalb County IMO for map production and maintenance is up for renewal.

This year’s cost will be $14,500. 

Feithen made a motion to approve the contract as presented.  Rosemier seconded.  There was no further discussion.   The motion passed unanimously

ADJOURNMENT

Russell moved to adjourn the meeting, and was seconded by Bowman.    The motion passed.   The meeting adjourned at   4:24 P.M.

Respectfully submitted,

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Charles Kross, Coordinator

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