DeKalb Times

DeKalb County Emergency Telephone System Board met Sept. 1.

Here are the minutes provided by the board:

1. CALL TO ORDER

Chairman Leverton called the meeting to order at 3:00pm.

a. Board Members Present:

Leverton, Bianchi, Frazier, Hanson, McMaster, Polarek, and McAllister.

b. Board Members Absent:

Grandgeorge, Plote, Redel.

c. Guests Present:

Sean Woyna, DeKalb Police Department, Lt. Van Bomar, DeKalb County Sheriff.

d. Also Present:

Becky Springer, DeKalb County Treasurer; Heather Butler, 9-1-1 Coordinator, Glenna Johnson, Former 9-1-1 Coordinator.

2. Agenda

a. Leverton asked for any amendments to the agenda. A motion was made by Polarek and seconded by Bianchi to approve the agenda. The motion passed.

3. General Meeting Minutes:

a. A motion to approve the minutes of the August 4, 2021 meeting was made by Hanson and seconded by Frazier. The motion passed.

4. Public Comment- None

5. Treasurer’s Report

a. Monthly Treasurer’s Report

i. June Report – Springer presented her report, no discussion. A motion to approve the August report was made by Bianchi, and seconded by McMaster. The motion passed.

b. Approval of Bills

Bills Paid in September 2021

Vendor Invoice Amount

Frontier $61.80

PowerPhone $1,058.00

911 Datamaster $9,000.00

Housing Authority of the County of DeKalb $200.00

Atlantic Ultraviolet $10,969.99

First National Bank $2,858.61

Frontline $4,000.00

Total $28,148.40

A motion to pay the September bills was made by Polarek and seconded by Hanson. Roll call vote was taken; Bianchi – Y, Frazier – Y, Hanson – Y, McMaster – Y, Polarek – Y, McAllister – Y, Leverton – Y. The motion passed.

6. QA Software – Butler advised the owner of Frontline answered all our questions, presented to the board. Information shared with fellow NINGA members for possible group discount in future.

A motion was made by Frazier to purchase the software, seconded by McMaster. Roll call vote was taken; Bianchi – Y, Frazier – Y, Hanson – Y, McMaster – Y, Polarek – Y, McAllister – Y, Leverton – Y. The motion passed.

7. ETSB Social Media – Butler presented a disclaimer statement example for social media, board discussed, made slight changes and approved ETSB to be present on social media.

8. IPSTA Conference – Butler advised do to JCM and SBP conferences not happening for 2021 there is extra in the training and travel budget. Requested the board consider paying for hotels for PSAP managers for IPSTA conference. Also pay for all telecommunicators attending to attend the pre-conference training course.

A motion was made by Hanson to approve these expenses, seconded by Bianchi. Roll call vote was taken; Bianchi – Y, Frazier – Y, Hanson – Y, McMaster – Y, Polarek – Y, McAllister – Y, Leverton – Y. The motion passed.

9. ENP Certification – Butler advised the deadline to apply for October testing period is this Friday. Requested the application fee be paid out of the training budget.

A motion was made by Polarek and seconded by McAllister to approve this expense. Roll call vote was taken; Bianchi – Y, Frazier – Y, Hanson – Y, McMaster – Y, Polarek – Y, McAllister – Y, Leverton – Y. The motion passed.

10. Radio Report- Lt. Bomar advised the coverage report has not been received yet. Did discover an issue with the “proceed to talk”. This report is strictly on the digital side. Nothing else to report at this time. Butler advised we have started to get quotes for the old equipment removal.

11. Grant Status- No change, first QTR NG grant report will be filed by end of the month.

12. NG911 Update- Coordinator Butler advised we are still progressing towards phase 2 of our project. Lengthy NINGA meeting this past week, discussed issues with service level and discussed billing concerns according to contract. Drafting a letter to Solacom to discuss these items.

13. Legislation –

a. Butler advised the August SAB meeting was cancelled, next one scheduled in September and the changes to Admin rules should be discussed.

b. HB 2784 was signed by the governor, will be watching to see how it is implemented.

14. Participating Agency Request – None

15. Coordinator’s Report –

a. Butler brought and displayed new public education items received in time for Sandwich fair.

b. Recently had a meeting with Rep Jeff Keicher to introduce herself and build a relationship to help support each other going forward with any 9-1-1 legislation issues.

c. Sandwich Fair Sept 8th to 12th, Butler will be there daily and out of the office.

d. Butler advised she will be on vacation week of the 20th, will be checking email and have phone access.

16. Old Business- None

17. New Business- None

18. ADJOURNMENT- Bianchi moved to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Hanson. The motion passed. Meeting adjourned at 3:35pm.

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