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DeKalb County Emergency Telephone System Board met Dec. 7

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:

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

b. Board Members Absent:

Polarek.

c. Guests Present:

Lt. Joe Rood and Sgt Tim Duda, DeKalb County Sheriff; Sean Woyna and Cmd. Lekkas, DeKalb Police Department.

d. Also Present:

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

2. Approval of Agenda -

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

3. Approval of Meeting Minutes -

a. A motion to approve the minutes of the November 2, 2022, meeting was made by Bianchi and seconded by Thomas. The motion passed.

4. Public Comment- None

5. Recognition –

a. Leverton read a plaque that will be presented to Chief Polarek who was absent, thanked him for his service on the board and wished him a happy retirement.

b. Coordinator Butler read and presented certificates to Sean Woyna, DeKalb Police Dept and Becky Taft, DeKalb Sheriff. Both successfully completed their Emergency Number Professional Certification with NENA.

6. Closed Session – Personal Matters

a. Motion made by Byrd at 3:07pm to go into Closed session, seconded by Bomar. Roll call vote was taken; Bianchi – Y, Bomar – Y, Johnson – Y, Willis – Y, Thomas – Y, Byrd – Y, McAllister – Y, Leverton – Y.

b. A motion was made by Bianchi at 3:41pm and seconded by Byrd to return to open session. Roll call vote was taken; Bianchi – Y, Bomar – Y, Johnson – Y, Willis – Y, Thomas – Y, Byrd – Y, McAllister – Y, Leverton – Y.

7. Treasurer’s Report –

a. Monthly Treasurer’s Report

i. Springer presented her report. No questions. A motion to approve the November report was made by Byrd and seconded by Bomar. The motion passed.

b. Approval of Bills –

Bills Paid in December 2022

2023 Bills

 Vendor                            Invoice Amount

Voiance                                                $ 252.63

Syndeo                                              $ 4,007.40

Industrial Networking Solutions         $ 4,992.30

National Business Furniture                 $ 446.15

T-Mobile                                               $ 131.64

PowerPhone                                      $ 2,445.00

NG-911 (Solacom)                          $ 13,260.00

First National Bank                            $ 2,590.40

Alumni Award Services                          $ 40.00

Heather Butler                                        $ 27.70

Ottosen Dinolfo Hasenbalg &               $ 562.50

Castaldo, LTD.

2022 Bills Total                      $ 28,755.72

2023 Bills

Superion / CentralSquare                  $ 8,731.13

2023 Bills Total                                  $ 8,731.13

Total December Bills $ 37,486.85

i. Bills were presented, Butler shared guidance from Atty John Kelly following NINGA meeting on withholding bills for NG-911 Inc. Motion was made by Thomas to pay all December bills minus the NG-911 Inc bills, seconded by Byrd. Roll Call was taken; Bianchi – Y, Bomar – Y, Johnson – Y, Willis – Y, Thomas – Y, Byrd – Y, McAllister – Y, Leverton – Y. Motion Passed.

ii. After more discussion, Thomas then amended his motion to pay all December bills but not mail the check for NG-911 Inc until further advised by Atty Kelly. Seconded by Byrd. Roll call vote was taken; Bianchi – Y, Bomar – Y, Johnson – Y, Willis – Y, Thomas – Y, Byrd – Y, McAllister – Y, Leverton – Y. Motion Passed.

c. 2023 Budget Adoption –

i. Leverton presented the budget and discussed each line item and the subcommittees thoughts. Discussed any changes from FY2022 to FY2023. No questions.

ii. A motion to approve the FY2022 Capital budget was made by Byrd and seconded by Bianchi. Roll call vote was taken; Bianchi – Y, Bomar – Y, Johnson – Y, Willis – Y, Thomas – Y, Byrd – Y, McAllister – Y, Leverton – Y. The motion passed.

iii. A motion to approve the FY23 General budget to include the pending Coordinator’s contract was made by McAllister, seconded by Bomar. A roll call vote was taken; Bianchi – Y, Bomar – Y, Johnson – Y, Willis – Y, Thomas – Y, Byrd – Y, McAllister – Y, Leverton – Y. Motion passed.

d. FY2022 Budget Resolution –

i. Springer presented the resolution of the FY22 budget, no questions.

ii. A motion was made by Thomas to approve the FY22 Budget Resolution and seconded by Byrd. Roll call vote was taken; Bianchi – Y, Bomar – Y, Johnson – Y, Willis – Y, Thomas – Y, Byrd – Y, McAllister – Y, Leverton – Y. The motion passed. 8. Strategic Planning –

a. Leverton discussed the need to determine a subcommittee to look into the future and get a plan on paper. Short discussion and members volunteered.

b. Motion was made by Thomas to appoint Leverton, Byrd, Bianchi, Bomar, and Johnson to a Strategic planning committee, seconded by Byrd. Motion passed.

9. Election of Officers –

a. Leverton advised the positions of Chairman, Vice- Chair, and Secretary are up for election. Short discussion on positions.

b. A motion was made by Bomar to nominate Leverton to remain as Chairman, Bianchi as Vice-Chairman, and Byrd as Secretary, seconded by McAllister. A roll call vote was taken; Bianchi – Y, Bomar – Y, Johnson – Y, Willis – Y, Thomas – Y, Byrd – Y, McAllister – Y, Leverton – Y. Motion passed.

10. 2023 Meeting Dates –

a. Butler advised 2 sets of meeting dates were sent out with meeting packet. One being past practice, the other moving meetings to 2nd Wednesday of the month giving Treasurer’s office more time to prepare.

b. Motion by Bianchi to move 2023 meeting dates to 2nd Wednesday of month, no meeting in August, seconded by Thomas. Motion passed.

11. TC Scholarship committee –

a. Butler advised volunteers needed to stay after and review scholarship applications and decide award winners. Willis, McAllister, and Johnson advised they will volunteer. 12. Radio report – No update per Lt. Rood

13. NG911 Update

a. Butler advised the Frontier migration for yesterday was cancelled, waiting on a new date. Hopefully by end of year.

b. Testing being done for text to 9-1-1. Service turned down until testing completed.

14. Legislation –

a. Butler advised the November SAB meeting was cancelled. Hopeful for one in December next week. No update on the sweep.

b. CESSA – first regional meeting was last week; they are hoping a bill will be signed to extend the date from Jan 1st to July 1st.

15. Participating Agency Request –

a. Thomas provided an update on the bids DeKalb Fire has received for station alerting. Low bid was from G2, quoted for city PSAP only. Will provide a written quote for next month. Thomas to ask about re-occurring costs for software. City would pay for components at stations, would ask ETSB for help with software and integrations.

16. Coordinator’s Report –

a. Butler advised we still haven’t received the last check for the NG grant reimbursement request, an additional report and request later this week. We did receive the consolidation grant agreement; it has been signed and returned. Reports will be done through new state system, only one report should be needed.

b. NINGA met and reviewed a letter we received in response from Solacom, waiting to hear Atty Kelly’s comments and suggested next steps.

c. Butler advised she was a guest speaker for RapidSOS’s Ready22 virtual conference, talking about DeKalb’s decision to move forward with Premium.

d. IL-TERT training course was hosted here, well attended and we were able to get a few more of our TC’s trained to be deployable.

17. Old Business- NONE

18. New Business- NONE

19. ADJOURNMENT- Byrd moved to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Bianchi. The motion passed. Meeting adjourned at 4:29pm.

10 Board Members Serving 4-year Staggered Terms, Except the County Board Member is a 2 Year Term.

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