CALL TO ORDER

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

BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:

Chairman Riddle, Feithen, Rosemier, Young, Hanson, Olson; Vice Chair Leoni joined at 3:35.

BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT:

            Bowman, Suppeland, and Russell

GUESTS PRESENT

Al Newby, DeKalb County Sheriff Department.

ALSO PRESENT

Christine Johnson, DeKalb County Treasurer; Glenna Johnson, Coordinator

AGENDA

The Hanson requested an addition to the New Business dealing with Private Switched ALI (PSALI).  A motion to approve the agenda with the addition was made by Olson and seconded by Leoni. There was no discussion.  The motion passed. 

MINUTES

A motion to approve the minutes of the March 5, 2008 meeting was made by Rosemier, and seconded by Young.  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 Rosemier.  Motion passed.

Bills Not Previously Submitted:

DeKalb Police Department submitted a Power Phone Bill for Re Certification of EMD training for $109.00.

A motion to approve the addition of this bill to the e-mailed bills was made by Hanson and seconded by Rosemier.  Motion passed.

Bills:                                               

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

Fire Radio Reports

1.      G. Johnson reported results from a phone call from Jim F. today on the following:

-   Microwave radio Order- Equipment has been delivered.  Will be installed once all final FCC licensing is completed.

-   Grounding work from Insurance Audit- Work will be completed with in one week

-   Spare Radio that was being repaired has been returned.

Prairie Shield

Tracy Smith from the DeKalb Police Department provided a presentation on the Prairie Shield on their Mission Statement and what the group has done in the past two and one half years.  This group has received grant monies and expects that they will investigate additional monies in the future.  Prairie Shield is looking for additional agencies to join the group.  Johnson reported that no ETSB has joined the group.  All entities in the group are Public Safety Agencies or business or Homeland Security, State Agencies, Colleges etc.  Both State and Federal Agencies are looking to use Prairie Shield of the model for interoperable groups in the future.

MABAS Radio Coverage- Southern Portion of County

There have been communication issues with agencies south of Route 30 when attempting to use the MABAS radios. Feyerherm presented a letter with three options to resolve the problems.  Riddle has requested that Feyerherm investigate those solutions and provide the ETSB with the costs tied to those options.  Newby stated that the poor coverage causes issues for the PSAP when trying to dispatch for MABAS incident.

NEW BUSINESS

• Participating Agency Requests –  none

• PSAP Administrators' Report - G. Johnson reported that she has scheduled a meeting for April 8, 2008 at 9:00am in the Freedom Conference Room in the Legislative Building.  Johnson stated that this will be the first one since she has taken the position and plans to start fresh with what the group plans to accomplish in the future.

• Persons to be Heard from the Floor -  none

• Private Switched ALI (PSALI) - Hanson questioned how many Private Branch Exchange (PBX) systems in the county were compliant with the state law to provide detail for the extension that the caller is calling from.  New systems from 2000 must comply with this law.  Johnson stated that the Attorney General would be the department to oversee this compliancy.  Hanson stated that Kross stated in the past that the ETSB should provide parameters for the numbering system for the address for the locations.  Johnson stated she would investigate and report to the ETSB at the next meeting.

• National Telecommunicators Week 4-13-08 to 4-19-08

• Johnson will take fruit baskets along with a letter of appreciation to each PSAP.  Riddle will sign the letter.

• Coordinator’s Report

Johnson covered the following items that she has been working on in the past three weeks:

• CML Call Detail from 2-14-08 shooting at NIU- Johnson stated that she completed the detail of the calls taken through the CML, only. 

• Verizon- Provided updated pricing for the CML Stats Product. Johnson will work with Verizon to get the SMART moved to her office.

• Wireless Accuracy- Johnson passed out the FCC ruling to delay the accuracy requirement of the wireless carriers by 6 months.

• microDATA- Provided admin training for Johnson on 3/12/08.  Santos, Newby and Johnson attended a demo for the new “X” Solution (911 IP and new mapping software).

• 9-1-1 Legislation in the State of Illinois- Johnson provided a list of House or Senate legislation pending in Springfield.  Johnson will keep the ETSB aware of the progress of all legislation and provide detail of all the legislation at the next meeting.

• Dispatchers’ Honored- Johnson provided pictures of the Power Phone Ceremony on 3/11/08 when PSAPs received an award for the way the incident was handled on 2/14/08.

• MSAG and Database Issues- Johnson has been working on issues with the MSAG and database with Competitive Wireline Carriers, IP Carriers, Verizon and with Santos to resolve map and database issues through out the past month.

ADJOURNMENT

Leoni moved to adjourn the meeting, and was seconded by Olson.    The motion passed.   The meeting adjourned at 4:45 P.M.

Respectfully submitted,

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Glenna Johnson, Coordinator

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