DeKalb Times

DeKalb County Emergency Telephone System Board met Oct. 9.

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:

Bomar, Leverton, McAllister, Plote, Senne, Thomas, Willis, Winters.

b. Board Members Absent:

Byrd, Rood

c. Guests Present:

Bart Gilmore, Sycamore Fire Dept; Sean Woyna, Kayla Taft, Emily Hopkins, Jennifer Barnett, Jeremy Alexander, DeKalb Police 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 then made by Bomar to approve the updated agenda, seconded by Senne. The motion passed.

3. Approval of the Minutes:

a. A motion to approve the minutes of the September 11th, 2024, meeting minutes was made by Plote and seconded by Thomas. The motion passed

4. Public Comment- None

5. Telecommunicator Recognition – Certificates and flowers presented to TC Taft and TC Hopkins for a lifesaving call in August.

6. Treasurer’s Report

a. Treasurer’s Report

i. Report presented by Treasurer Springer. No surcharge check received in September, Butler to look into if the state does ACH.

ii. A motion to approve the September 2024 monthly report made by Thomas and seconded by Winters. Motion passed

b. Approval of October 2024 Bills –

i. Bills were presented by Butler. A motion to pay the October 2024 bills as presented was made by Thomas, seconded by Bomar. A roll call vote was taken Bomar – Y, McAllister -Y, Plote- (stepped out), Senne – Y, Thomas – Y, Willis – Y, Winters – Y, Leverton - Y. Motion passed.

c. 2024 Amended Budget -

i. Amended budget presented by Springer, she advised she reviewed with county comptroller, he suggests closing out our capital budget at end of year. Will then be creating new GL’s for Restricted Funds for multiyear contracts and Reserves.

ii. A motion was made by Thomas to approve the amended budget, seconded by McAllister. A roll call vote was taken Bomar – Y, McAllister -Y, Plote- (stepped out), Senne – Y, Thomas – Y, Willis – Y, Winters – Y, Leverton - Y. Motion passed.

7. MABAS Equipment Maintenance Contract –

a. Butler advised our maintenance contract on the MABAS radio equipment expires in November. Presented quote for same amount as last year.

b. A motion was made by Bomar to approve the quote, seconded by Thomas. A roll call vote was taken Bomar – Y, McAllister -Y, Plote- Y, Senne – Y, Thomas – Y, Willis – Y, Winters – Y, Leverton - Y. Motion passed.

8. Strategic Planning Committee –

a. Leverton advised the committee wrapped up the draft RFP for possible future use, no other meetings planned.

9. Grant Status –

a. Butler advised there is no update yet, reaching out to Cindy again.

10. Legislation –

a. Butler advised at last SAB meeting they advised they have started on draft legislative language for the spring, mostly clean up and extending the sunset but were not ready to present yet. Discussion on consolidation and increasing grant amount, voted to keep it the same. In October they should have another update from Crowe and there is a special meeting at end of IPSTA for review of part 1325.

a. A town hall was held with both associations to review comments, all agreed to send them to the state.

b. CESSA – Still working towards implementation, some minor issues in Lee County with PowerPhone. They are discussing having more subcommittees of the RAC’s at local levels.

11. Participating Agency Request

a. DeKalb Fire Fiber – Quote was presented from Syndeo for fiber at the new DeKalb Station 4.

b. A motion to approve the quote was made by Plote, seconded by Bomar. A roll call vote was taken Bomar – Y, McAllister -Y, Plote- Y, Senne – Y, Thomas – Y, Willis – Y, Winters – Y, Leverton - Y. Motion passed.

12. Coordinator’s Report –

a. Butler advised the CAD committee has done 6 demos and will meet at the end of the month to figure out next steps.

b. JCM went well, Butler did a presentation on data collection from 911. Her first time attending, small group and great learning experience. Was also asked to present at NENA SBP for both her working groups and help with a video on how to use the standards.

c. IL-TERT attempted to deploy to NC but was turned down by IEMA. They did do a support deployment to NorCom in which a DeKalb TC assisted with.

d. IPSTA is coming up, lots of prep work and also work on the 2025 budget.

e. 9-1-1 State administrator Cindy Barbara-Brelle announced she is retiring at the end of Feb 2025.

13. Old Business- None

14. New Business- None

15. ADJOURNMENT- Winters moved to adjourn the meeting, and the motion was seconded by Thomas. The meeting was adjourned at 3:35pm.

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