DeKalb Times

DeKalb County E-911 Board met Sept. 13.

Here are the minutes provided by the board:

Chairman Leverton called the meeting to order at 3:02pm

a. Board Members Present: Bomar, McAllister, Plote, Robinson, Thomas, Willis, Winters, and Leverton.

b. Board Members Absent: Byrd

c. Guests Present: Don Faulhaber, DeKalb Fire Dept; Sean Woyna, DeKalb Police Dept.

d. Also Present: Heather Butler, 9-1-1 Coordinator.

Following roll call; Leverton welcomed new member Robinson to the board.

2. Agenda

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

3. Approval of the Minutes:

a. A motion to approve the minutes of the July 12th, 2023, was made by Plote and seconded by Bomar. The motion passed.

4. Public Comment- None

5. Treasurer’s Report

a. July Treasurer’s Report

i. July report presented by Coordinator Butler. A motion to approve July 2023 monthly report made by Thomas and seconded by Bomar. Motion passed

b. August Treasurer’s Report -

i. August report also presented by Coordinator Butler. A motion to approve August 2023 monthly report made by Thomas and seconded by McAllister. Motion passed.

c. Approval of August Bills

Bills Paid in August 2023

Vendor Invoice Amount

Jason Leverton $ 139.01

Sean Woyna $ 161.35

First National Bank $ 163.28

Zach Oltmanns $ 68.78

Heather Butler $ 134.93

NG-911 $ 7,680.00

Voiance $ 117.81

Total August Bills $8,465.16

A motion to pay the August bills was made by McAllister, seconded by Bomar. A roll call vote was taken; Bomar – Y, McAllister – Y, Plote – Y, Robinson – Y, Thomas – Y, Willis – Y, Winters – Y, Leverton - Y. Motion passed.

d. Approval of September Bills

Bills Paid in September 2023

Vendor Invoice Amount

NG-911/Solacom $ 1,456.00

Jason Leverton $ 289.44

Syndeo $ 22,200.00

Voiance $ 155.61

NG-911 $ 7,680.00

Syndeo $ 4,007.40

First National Bank $ 4,764.72

Heather Butler $ 265.21

Total September Bills $40,818.38

A motion to pay the September bills was made by Bomar, seconded by Thomas. A roll call vote was taken; Bomar – Y, McAllister – Y, Plote – Y, Robinson – Y, Thomas – Y, Willis – Y, Winters – Y, Leverton - Y. Motion passed.

6. Strategic Planning Committee –

a. Leverton advised the committee did not meet in August or September due to schedules. Will be meeting next week and have an update in October.

7. NG911 Update –

a. Butler advised NINGA is now 96% complete with migrations to the ESInet. A few counties are waiting on Frontier to finish up.

b. The NNI with the state ESInet is still not completed. Hoping to get an update this week on next steps. Important for our transfers to Kendall, Kane, and LaSalle Counties.

c. With phase 2 almost completed, we will be doing some re-training with Solacom, and then move forward with RTT.

8. Legislation –

a. Butler advised the work for CESSA is still moving slowly, even with the date extended there is lots to be done. State is working with PowerPhone first of all the protocol vendors to try and implement the required protocols for agencies. Training for the dispatchers is being reviewed and scheduled to be approved by end of October. b. State advised we should be getting an additional surcharge check in the coming weeks with NG overage monies.

c. SAB meet this last Monday, advised their plan to update all rules, the first update for 1324 which talks about plan modifications and consolidations was sent out for comments.

9. Participating Agency Request- None

10. Coordinator’s Report –

a. Butler gave an update on the RapidSOS Premium deployment and the PowerPhone integration.

b. Attended APCO conference last month, purchases the recording of session to be shared with all TCs and board members. Had a small meeting with RapidSOS founder, great to connect and hear what they are working on and provide feedback. Great conference sessions on video streaming and more. Butler answered questions from the board on texting, videos, and pictures.

c. NNO in August was well attended, great job to the organizers. Sandwich Fair was also well attended. Butler thanked county TC’s who helped out when she couldn’t be at the fair.

11. Old Business

a. Leverton advised he did meet with the Sheriff about the board vacancy and potentially adding a board member. Board to discuss more before an additional board member is added. Sheriff should be recommending someone to fill vacancy soon.

12. New Business

a. Leverton advised the city may have a participating agency request at next months meeting for a radio expense.

b. Butler advised she also had a TC, who is the INENA board secretary come to her asking about ETSB paying for her to attend IPSTA, she will be submitting something for next month.

c. Plote asked Leverton and Butler if they could attend a county board meeting to provide an update on NG911. Leverton advised it can be scheduled once phase 2 is complete and more work by SPC is done.

13. ADJOURNMENT- Robinson moved to adjourn the meeting and the motion was seconded by Bomar. The meeting adjourned at 3:38pm.

https://dekalbcounty.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/minutes-e911-09132023.pdf