CALL TO ORDER

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

BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:

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

BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT:

            None.

GUESTS PRESENT

            Lt. Al Newby, DeKalb County Sheriff's Police, Sgt. Lisa Miller, DeKalb Police Department; Jim Feyerherm, Starved Rock Communications; Glenna Johnson, Geo-Comm. Sgt. Steve Rubeck, DeKalb County Sheriff’s Police.

ALSO PRESENT

            Christine Johnson, DeKalb County Treasurer;

AGENDA

            The Chairman asked for any amendments to the agenda. None

MINUTES

            A motion to approve the minutes of the December meeting was made by Olson and seconded  by  Rosemier.   The motion passed. 

OLD BUSINESS:

Treasurer’s Report:

            A motion to approve the Treasurer’s Report was made by Suppeland and seconded by Olson.  The motion passed.

Personnel:

            A motion by Riddle was made to go into executive closed session to discuss the hiring of a new  9-1-1 ETSB coordinator.  It was seconded by Hanson.

            A roll call vote was taken:  Bowman Y, Feithen Y, Hanson Y, Leoni Y, Olson Y, Rosemier Y,  Russell Y, Suppeland Y, Young Y, and Riddle Y.  Motion passed unanimously.

            Board went into executive closed session at 3:42 pm. Christine Johnson was allowed to sit in on the meeting.

            Board resumed open session at 4:20 pm.

            A motion was made to have the personnel committee negotiate an agreement with the person discussed in the closed session to hire this person as the new 9-1-1 ETSB coordinator.  The             agreement would then be brought back to the board to be addressed at the February meeting.              The motion was made by Russell and seconded by Olson.

            There was discussion with some concerns on cost and coverage by Hanson.

            A roll call vote was taken:  Bowman Y, Feithen Y, Hanson N, Leoni Y, Olson Y, Rosemier N, Russell Y, Suppeland Y, Young Y, and Riddle Y.  The motion carried.

Bills Not Previously Approved: none

Bills:

            A motion to pay the bills was made by Suppeland and seconded by Olson. 

            A roll call vote was taken:  Bowman  Y  Feithen   Y  Hanson Y Leoni Y  Olson Y  Rosemier  Y  Russell Y  Suppeland  Y   Young  Y  Riddle Y .  The motion passed unanimously.

Fire Radio Reports:

            Jim Feyerherm gave a brief presentation of the new mobile command post radio, which the  board had purchased for the county that is housed in the county mobile command post vehicle.  He explained the interoperability of the radio with incoming police and fire  departments that might be needed at major incidents requiring this type of communication.

NEW BUSINESS

¨      Participating Agency Requests -  None

¨      PSAP Administrators' Report -  None

¨      Persons to be Heard from the Floor -  None

¨      Coordinator’s Report – None

¨      2008 Budget:

            Christine Johnson presented the proposed 2008 budget to the board.  Christine went over the budget narrative, proposed general budget, proposed wireless fund budget, and proposed capital fund budget for 2008.

            A motion was made by Russell to accept the proposed budget and seconded by Suppeland.

            A roll call vote was taken:  Bowman Y, Feithen Y, Hanson Y, Leoni Y, Olson Y, Rosemier Y, Russell Y, Suppeland Y, Young Y, and Riddle Y.  The motion passed unanimously.

ADJOURNMENT

            Rosemier moved to adjourn the meeting, and was seconded by Olson.  The motion passed.  The meeting adjourned at 5:00 pm.

Respectfully submitted,

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Charles Kross, Coordinator

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