DeKalb County Emergency Telephone System Board met Nov. 2.
Here are the minutes provided by the board:
Minutes of the Board Meeting of November 2nd, 2022
1. CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Leverton called the meeting to order at 3:01pm.
a. Board Members Present:
Bomar, Bianchi, Johnson, Thomas, Willis, McAllister, and Leverton.
b. Board Members Absent:
Plote, Polarek, and Byrd.
c. Guests Present:
Lt. Joe Rood, DeKalb Sheriff’s Office; Sean Woyna, 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 Thomas and seconded by Bianchi to approve the agenda. The motion passed.
3. General Meeting Minutes:
a. A motion to approve the minutes of the October 5th, 2022 meeting was made by Bianchi and seconded by Bomar. The motion passed.
4. Public Comment- None
5. Treasurer’s Report
a. Monthly Treasurer’s Report
i. October report presented and discussed. A motion to approve October 2022 monthly report made by McAllister and seconded by Thomas. Motion passed.
b. Approval of November Bills
Bills Paid in November 2022
Vendor Invoice Amount
Voiance $100.17
Industrial Networking Solutions $1,428.66
Evans Consoles Inc. $5,135.00
Heather Butler $495.26
First National Bank $5,805.32
T-Mobile $74.74
Jason Leverton $245.05
Totals $13,284.20
A motion to pay the November bills was made by Bianchi and seconded by Bomar. A roll call vote was taken; Bianchi – Y, Bomar – Y, Johnson – Y, Willis – Y, Thomas – Y, McAllister – Y, Bianchi – Y, Leverton – Y. Motion passed.
6. Mobile Command Voice Logger Maintenance –
a. Quote for a maintenance agreement with Nelson Systems for the mobile command voice logger was presented with options for 12 months or 36 months.
b. Motion was made by Johnson to purchase the 36-month plan, seconded by Thomas. A roll call vote was taken; Bianchi – Y, Bomar – Y, Johnson – Y, Willis – Y, Thomas – Y, McAllister – Y, Bianchi – Y, Leverton – Y. Motion passed.
7. Budget Committee Report –
a. Leverton advised the sub committee met and reviewed suggestions, these will be presented next month.
b. Butler discussed one big expense is a possible change in protocol providers for dispatch.
c. We lowered some lines items, saved some money, overall sitting good.
d. Will have to do a closed session at beginning on December meeting for Coordinator contact discussion. Springer advised she will prepare budget accordingly and can be amended.
8. Radio Report- Rood advised DeKalb PD switched over and after a week started to experience reception issues. J&K is working on the issue, should have a report back within a week. Project is still not signed off on.
9. Grant Status -
a. Butler advised the grant finally shows approved in the new state system, should be getting the grant agreement soon.
b. NG grant no change, waiting on last quarter reports reimbursement check.
10. NG911 Update –
a. Butler advised we only have 2 major carriers to migrate left. Waiting on Frontier due to needing data from surrounding non-NINGA counties. We have had some hurdles, appreciate the TC’s who have been very patient with the process.
b. Testing with carriers for text to 911 will be scheduled later this month.
c. Butler advised NINGA met with Atty John Kelly about some issues with the system and level of support. His recommendation was shared.
11. Legislation –
a. Sweep – last SAB call they stated they have an unofficial response from FCC advising if the transfer is made it would be fee diversion. FCC won’t be putting anything formal out unless we go through their process to get a formal response. NENA/APCO members hoping this will suffice. Money has not been transferred yet.
b. CESSA – Butler and Leverton both got regional appointment letters.
c. SAB – Leading up to the SAB call we had a joint INENA/ILAPCO meeting to review comments for the ETSA rewrite. Network charges comments were discussed on SAB meeting. State wants them more consistent a crossed the state. Many questioned the AT&T contract and if it will be shared. No discussion on allowable expenses, they are still doing an internal review of 1329. They did have language from the FCC report on fee diversion in the rewrite.
12. Participating Agency Request
a. South Water Tower Request –
i. Board members received a 2-part quote for the south water tower. Tower has been down for 4-5 days and will remain down until fixed. Thomas advised the city manager approved to move forward with the fiber upgrade, requesting if ETSB can reimburse or still approve expense.
ii. Leverton and Johnson both agree this would be an allowable expense. A motion was made by Bianchi to approve paying for both quotes, seconded by Bomar. A roll call vote was taken; Bianchi – Y, Bomar – Y, Johnson – Y, Willis – Y, Thomas – Y, McAllister – Y, Bianchi – Y, Leverton – Y. Motion passed.
b. Station Alerting –
i. Thomas advised they have started to receive soft bids, would like he board to consider budgeting for the CAD pieces needed for station alerting.
ii. Short discussion on current CAD status and the need for new CAD at both PD and Sheriff.
iii. DeKalb Fire will continue to look into other vendors for station alerting, speak with surrounding agencies who have recently implemented. Butler to look into agencies who have contributed towards this and where it falls in allowable expenses.
13. Coordinator’s Report –
a. Butler advised IPSTA was great, very busy, presented a session on membership and educating TC’s on getting more involved. Both Sean Woyna and Lt. Joe Rood thanked the board for sending them to IPSTA.
14. Old Business- None
15. New Business- None
16. ADJOURNMENT- Thomas moved to adjourn the meeting and the motion was seconded by Bomar. The meeting adjourned at 3:58pm.
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