DeKalb Times

DeKalb County Emergency Telephone System Board met Oct. 5

Here is the minutes provided by the board:

1. CALL TO ORDER 

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

a. Board Members Present: 

Bomar, Polarek, Bianchi, Johnson, Thomas, Willis, Byrd, McAllister, and Leverton.

b. Board Members Absent: 

Plote.

c. Guests Present: 

Lt. Joe Rood, DeKalb Sheriff’s Office; CMD Steve Lekkas, Sean Woyna, Kate Kleinmaier all from DeKalb Police Dept; and Dep Chief Faulhaber, DeKalb Fire Dept.

d. Also Present: 

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

2. Agenda 

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

3. General Meeting Minutes:

a. A motion to approve the minutes of the September 14th, 2022 meeting was made by Thomas and seconded by Bomar. The motion passed.

4. Public Comment- None

5. TC Recognition – TC Kleinmaier from DeKalb PD recognized for her investigative efforts following a 911 call. TC Bailey from DeKalb Sheriff was unable to attend but recognized for her efforts in a stolen vehicle pursuit.

6. Treasurer’s Report 

a. Amendment to Previous Month’s Report 

i. Changes to the August report presented. A motion to approve the amended August report made by Bianchi and seconded by Byrd. Motion passed.

b. Monthly Treasurer’s Report-

i. September report presented and discussed. A motion to approve the September 2022 monthly report was made by Bianchi and seconded by Byrd. Motion passed.

c. Approval of October Bills 

Bills Paid in October 2022 

Vendor Invoice Amount 

PowerPhone $ 329.00

DeKalb County Treasurer $ 12,000.00

Frontline $ 4,200.00

T-Mobile $ 65.60

On Scene First $ 6,500.00

First National Bank $ 743.82

Syndeo $ 22,200.00

NG-911 $ 6,630.00

Totals $ 52,668.42

A motion to pay the October bills was made by Bianchi and seconded by McAllister. A roll call vote was taken; Bomar – Y, Byrd – Y, Thomas – Y, Polarek – Y, Johnson – Y, Willis – Y, McAllister – Y, Bianchi – Y, Leverton – Y. Motion passed.

7. Voice Loggers – 

a. Discussion on cost savings between the 2 quotes.

b. Motion was made by Thomas subject to approval of 2023 budget that we move forward with purchase, seconded by Byrd. A roll call vote was taken; Bomar – Y, Byrd – Y, Thomas – Y, Polarek – Y, Johnson – Y, Willis – Y, McAllister – Y, Bianchi – Y, Leverton – Y. Motion passed.

8. RapidSOS Premium – 

a. Discussion on benefits of premium, early adaptor pricing for NINGA members. 

b. Motion was made by Byrd to include in 2023 budget, seconded by Bianchi. The motion passed.

9. Radio Report- Rood advised they didn’t have a call last week so no update at this time.

10. Grant Status - 

a. Butler advised she is still waiting on the consolidation grant to be uploaded into the new state system.

b. NG grant is ongoing, will be closed out next year.

11. NG911 Update –

a. Butler advised we were scheduled to migrate a couple carriers this week, cancelled due to an issue found in final testing. Will be rescheduling.

b. Training for NINGA admin for text from 9-1-1 occurred, waiting for Solacom to arrange testing with the carriers to move forward.

12. Legislation –

a. Butler advised there is no update on the sweep.

b. CESSA – Regional committee’s appointments have been made; they are working through making these notifications.

c. SAB – meeting in Sept went over what the state would like to see changed in the ETSA rewrite, NINGA has some questions that will be submitted in reference to network charges. They also introduced the idea of incentives for further consolidations.

13. Participating Agency Request 

a. Thomas advised he would like the ETSB to look into whether or not we can pay for station alerting. They are gathering bids and pricing now, components would be paid by fire depts, would request if CAD interfaces and gateways for the PSAPs be paid by ETSB if possible. Has concerns about outdated CAD, discussion on current CAD and further CAD scenario. Thomas would like the board to consider it as a budget item for 2023.

b. Thomas also discussed the need for fiber to their south tower, currently uses a copper connection that has had many issues. He will gather a quote and submit.

14. Coordinator’s Report – 

a. Butler advised we recently hosted 2 days of training with the INENA training grant, TC’s loved the course.

b. IPSTA is later this month, Leverton has been registered to attend but if any other board member would like to attend, please let one of us know.

15. Old Business 

a. Leverton advised the budget committee is meeting later this month.

b. Springer requested again that we consider moving the ETSB meeting in 2023 to the 2nd Wednesday of the month for billing reasons.

16. New Business- None

17. ADJOURNMENT- Byrd moved to adjourn the meeting and the motion was seconded by Bomar. The meeting adjourned at 3:44pm.

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