CALL TO ORDER

Chairman Olson called the meeting to order at 7:33 AM.

ROLL CALL
Board members present:
Chairman Olson, Vice Chair Riddle, Bowman, Feithen, Hanson, Pettit, Rosemier, Russell, and Suppeland.

Board members absent: Leoni - arrived at 7:48.

Guests Present: Lt. Al Newby, DeKalb County Sheriff's Police, Brent Tillman, DeKalb Police Department; Jim Feyerherm, Starved Rock Communications; Glenna Johnson, Geo-Comm,; Jim Tolekson, MicroData, Steve Gould, Verizon;.  Sheila Minogue, Chris, and Joan Berkes-Hanson.

Also Present: Christine Johnson, DeKalb County Treasurer; Charles Kross, Coordinator

AGENDA

The Chairman asked for any amendments to the agenda.  Riddle asked to have a plaque purchased for Pete Polarek, former Board member, and former Chairman.  Kross said he would take care of it. Treasurer Chris Johnson said she would like to discuss two issues.  A motion to approve the agenda, as amended, was made by Russell and seconded by Bowman.  There was no discussion.  The motion passed. 
 

MINUTES
            A motion to approve the minutes of the December 3, 2003 meeting was made by Suppeland
            and seconded by Russell.  The motion passed. 
 

OLD BUSINESS:
¨      Treasurer’s Report:
           A motion to approve the Treasurer’s Report was made by Russell and seconded by Riddle.
           The motion passed.

·        Bills Not Previously Approved:
There were none. 

·        Bills:

Verizon                                                                             113.38

Verizon                                                                         15,081.60       

Language Line                                                                    283.50    

Sprint                                                                                  12.98  

AT&T                                                                                 25.46  

Sandwich Fire Protection District – pagers                       1,200.00

 NENA – Pettit dues                                                            95.00

Dixon-Ottawa Communications                                       1,500.00

            Total                                             $18,311.92

A motion to pay the bills was made by Bowman and seconded by Riddle.   There was no discussion.   A roll call vote was taken:  Bowman  Y  Feithen   Y  Hanson Y   Pettit  Y  Rosemier  Y  Russell Y  Suppeland  Y Riddle Y  Olson Y.   The motion passed unanimously. 
 

¨      Mapping Proposal

A discussion was held regarding the Verizon proposal.  Chairman Olson asked those present if their questions had been answered satisfactorily.  They indicated that they had.  Hanson made a motion to accept the Verizon/MicroData GIS proposal, as amended.  Russell seconded the motion.  There was no further discussion.  The motion passed unanimously.
 

NEW BUSINESS
¨      Participating Agency Requests – There were none.

¨      PSAP Administrators' Report – No Report.

¨      Persons to be Heard from the Floor – No one.

¨      Treasurer Johnson said that her office has received papers indicating that Ciera Systems, Inc. is in bankruptcy.  She said the notice came addressed to 911.  She has no information about the company, and asked if anyone had done 911 business with them.  No one had additional information.

¨      Chris Johnson informed the Board that the Sikitch/Gardner audit would require that the Board’s financial records be Gasby 34 compliant.  It requires a management letter, which Chris will draft.  The Gasby 34 requirement will mean the Board will pay an additional $500 to $1000 more for the audit.

¨      Coordinator’s Report -
1. Kross read a letter from Verizon, which stated that contrary to rumors, the company is  not leaving Illinois

2. Kross said that the ETSB had received a letter from Verizon regarding the new maintenance charges.  This will change due to the new mapping equipment.

ADJOURNMENT

Rosemier moved to adjourn the meeting, and was seconded by Russell.  The motion passed.   The meeting adjourned at 7:50 A.M.

Respectfully submitted,