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HomeMy WebLinkAboutETSB minutes 081822 EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SYSTEMS BOARD Operating Under Council – Manager Government Since 1957 Page 1 | 3 Galesburg/Knox County Emergency Telephone Systems Board (E.T.S.B.) Minutes TO: E.T.S.B. Members FROM: Courtney LaFollette, Public Safety Clerk DATE: August 18, 2022 SUBJECT: Galesburg/Knox County E.T.S.B. Meeting Minutes June 16, 2022 The regular meeting of the Galesburg/Knox County Emergency Telephone Systems Board (E.T.S.B) was held on Thursday, August 18, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. in Chief Idle’s office at the Public Safety Building, 150 South Broad Street, Galesburg, Illinois. PRESENT: Police Chief Russell Idle– Law Enforcement E.T.S.B. Chairman, Sheriff David Clague- E.T.S.B Vice Chairman, Richard Springer–G.H.A.S., Sid Carlson– Member-at-Large, Jared Hawkinson– Knox County Board Member, Nate Clark– Motorola Representative, Amanda Jennings– 911 Coordinator, Cameron Lemaster– Information Systems Technician and Courtney LaFollette ABSENT: Randy Hovind– Galesburg Fire Chief, Timothy Robbins of Western Illinois Firefighters Association (WIFA) Member, Zachary Crowl– Member-at-Large and Robin Davis– Knox County Treasurer. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER: 9:00 a.m. by Chairman Idle. A quorum was declared. Board Member Clague motioned to approve the minutes of the June 16, 2022 meeting. Board Member Springer gave a second. All were in favor. APPROVE: FINANCIAL REPORT: The current fund balance as of July was $3,287,095.84. Liabilities: Month Bills Total July $15,734.30 August $28,577.96 The most recent accounts payable included a large charge for the fiber installation at Fish Food Pantry and a credit for postage due to an erroneous charge meant for the Election Department. Member Hawkinson motioned to approve the Treasurer Report. Member Springer seconded the motion. Motion was approved. REPORTS AMANDA JENNINGS – Galesburg/Knox County 9-1-1 Coordinator Item #1 – 9-1-1 Call Totals Month 911 & Admin total 9-1-1 Calls Cell Landline VOIP Abandoned June 10,232 2,191 1,567 261 185 172 July 9,184 2,031 1,475 175 188 188 Staffing- One trainee has just been released for independent work, another should be released in the next couple weeks and another shortly after that. The trainee that is currently in classroom training should be released in early September. The most recent dispatcher hired will start on Monday, September 22. Beth, EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SYSTEMS BOARD Operating Under Council – Manager Government Since 1957 Page 2 | 3 the current SOR will be resigning from the department next week and Deana has begun training for her position. There is currently one vacancy and one more potentially leaving early next year. National APCO Conference- Amanda thanked the board for allowing her to attend the National APCO Conference. She advised it was a great opportunity for her to learn, make connections and gather information. Avtec radio consoles, fire station alerting and deaf/hard of hearing services were a few of the demos attended. Stone Hayes will be coming to tour dispatch next week and discuss what we can do to help assist them better. MABAS Training Seminar- Four dispatchers attended a MABAS class and thought that it was a good review for existing dispatchers and provided useful information for new employees as well. NATE CLARK – Motorola Antenna replacements on the roof have been completed. Nate will be at the WIFA training next weekend at the training center. Currently busy working on the new Sheriff’s departments vehicles. The first squad is about half way completed and currently at a stand still due to the equipment not being available yet. All vehicles need to be fully equipped before being put in service. Further discussion was held regarding the timeline for the completion of the new squads. JARED HAWKINSON – Knox County Board Starting budget season. ARPA will be issuing funds soon to cover grants. RICHARD SPRINGER – G.H.A.S. Dealing with personnel shortage but not in crisis mode yet. There have been some agencies that have had to cut off services due to staff shortages. Volunteer agencies are also struggling due to lack of volunteers. GHAS is gearing up to host the first EMT class which filled up fast and a waiting list has started for the next class in February. SID CARLSON – Member-at-Large New Windsor Rodeo starts this Thursday – Saturday. RUSSELL IDLE – Board Chairman - Police Chief A sign on bonus of (5) $2,000 installments was recently approved in hopes of attracting more candidates. With one resignation this week the department is currently down 9 officers with 2 currently at the academy. There are currently 9 applicants so far for the September testing. 12-hour shifts should be implemented in January with a rotating 14-day schedule. DAVID CLAGUE – The Sheriff’s Department is currently down 2 for patrol, as 3 more are leaving for ISP. Corrections is down 5 and no applicants came to the recent test. OLD BUSINESS Phone System Upgrade- Has been upgraded. Following up with management team tomorrow. There have also been CenturyLink issues as well, however they are not related to the upgrade of the new system. EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SYSTEMS BOARD Operating Under Council – Manager Government Since 1957 Page 3 | 3 Emergency Notification System- Amanda notified the board of information about the CodeRed program she received at a recent demo. The cost of the program would be $8,000 a year with no additional cost for setup. They also have a project manager that will set up the system for the agency. CodeRed already has many Illinois customers and allows any type of safety issue can be opened to the entire county. Further discussion was held regarding working with the Sheriff’s Department and the use of their new app. NEW BUSINESS 2023 Budget- A draft budget for 2023 was discussed. A few items mentioned were the phone system, recorder, RMS, radio console upgrade and switching lines to Stratus. There was also approximately $125,000 in excess funds from the State surcharge that was passed down and distributed to PSAPs. Remodel- The city plans to remodel the Public Safety Building basement to expand the women’s locker room which will require the current radio equipment to be moved upstairs. The city will pay for the equipment to be moved, however, there will more than likely be a request to approve the cost to purchase more efficient open racks to store the equipment on which will allow for easier access. Emergency Backup Power Supply- The price of replacement UPS and batteries has doubled and need to be replaced every 4 to 5 years. The total cost of replacement is $23,216.99. Member Hawkinson motioned to approve the total cost for the batteries. Member Springer seconded the motion. Motion was approved. PUBLIC COMMENTS None Board Member Carlson moved to adjourn the meeting which was seconded by Board Member Hawkinson. All approved adjournment. The next meeting will be held on Thursday, October 20, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. at the Galesburg Public Safety Building, 150 South Broad Street, Galesburg, Illinois.