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DuPage County Emergency Telephone System (ETSB) Board met April 24.

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DuPage County Emergency Telephone System (ETSB) Board met April 24.

Here is the minutes provided by the Board:

1. Call To Order

8:50 am meeting was called to order by Chairman Gary Grasso at 8:50 am.

2. Roll Call

Present: Eckhoff, Grasso, Connolly, Tegtmeyer, Tillman, Kruger, Kruse

Absent: Block, Franz, McGinnis

ETSB Staff:

Linda Zerwin

Matt Theusch

Eve Kraus

Cara Wuchenich

County Clerk:

Paul Hinds, County Clerk

State’s Attorney:

Brian Gorka

Attendees:

Tim McElroy - Hinsdale Fire Department

Michael Sampey - Village of Addison

Matt Baarman - DU-COMM

Brandon Hurd - ACDC

Patrick Brenn - Tri-State FPD

Dan Anderson - Roselle Fire Department

Rick Sander - Lombard Fire Department

James Burke - Itasca FPD

Jeff Janus - Bloomingdale Fire Department

John Buckley - Pleasantview Fire Department

Kathy King - County Clerk’s Office

Delores Temes - ACDC

John Lozar - DU-COMM

Roll Call:

On roll call, Members Connolly, Eckhoff, Kruger, Kruse, Tegtmeyer and Tillman were present. Member Franz participated via telephone. Members Block and McGinnis were not present at the time of roll call.

3. Public Comment

There was no Public comment.

4. Chairman's Report

A. Service Recognition to Member James Kruse

Member Tegtmeyer moved, seconded by Member Eckhoff, that a Resolution Acknowledging the Contribution of James Kruse to the Emergency Telephone System Board of DuPage County, be approved and adopted. On voice vote, motion carried.

5. Members' Remarks

There were no Members' remarks.

6. Action Items

A. Budget Transfers

1. ETS-R-0012-18 Budget Transfer for the Emergency Telephone System Board of DuPage County for Fiscal Year 2018 from 5810-54110: Equipment and Machinery to 5810-54100: IT Equipment to move the capital portion of the CPE contract 2031-1 for payment (Total Budget Transfer: $2,177,000.00) Member Kruse moved, seconded by Member Tegtmeyer, that Resolution #ETS-R- 0012-18 be approved and adopted. On voice vote, motion carried.

Result: Approved [Unanimous]

Mover: James Kruse, Chief

Seconder: Brian Tegtmeyer, Du-Comm Rep

Ayes: Eckhoff, Grasso, Connolly, Tegtmeyer, Tillman, Kruger, Kruse

Absent: Block, Franz, McGinnis

2. ETS-R-0021-18 Budget Transfer for the Emergency Telephone System Board of DuPage County for Fiscal Year 2018 from 5820-53828: Contingencies to 5820- 54100: IT Equipment to replace end of life and purchase new ETSB equipment for the move into the DU-COMM 420 PSAP (Total Budget Transfer: $55,000.00)

Member Kruse moved, seconded by Member Tillman, that Resolution #ETS-R-0021- 18 be approved and adopted. On voice vote, motion carried.

Result: Approved [Unanimous]

Mover: James Kruse, Chief

Seconder: Michael Tillman

Ayes: Eckhoff, Grasso, Connolly, Tegtmeyer, Tillman, Kruger, Kruse

Absent: Block, Franz, McGinnis

B. Purchase Resolutions

1. ETS-R-0020-18 Awarding Resolution Approving Award of Purchase per Lowest Responsible Bid for RFP 16-167-RC to PURVIS Systems Incorporated for an IP- based Fire Station Alerting System to standardize the delivery of fire and EMS dispatch (Total ETSB Purchase Order Amount: $3,642,476.80)

Member Connolly moved, seconded by Member Tegtmeyer, that Resolution #ETS-R- 0020-18, Awarding Resolution Approving Award of Purchase per Lowest Responsible Bid for RFP 16-167-RC to Purvis Systems, Incorporated for an IP-based Fire Station Alerting System to Standardize the Delivery of Fire and EMS Dispatch, be approved and adopted.

Member Connolly moved, seconded by Member Tegtmeyer, that the contract be amended in Section 3.7.1 to strike “within sixty (60) days of the contract acceptance”.

Member Connolly stated that this has been a long process. The discussion started back in 2013 and in 2015, there was a survey of Fire Chiefs where they supported this nearly unanimously. A white paper was developed and DuPage County Fire Chief’s Association sent a letter in favor of this consolidation of services to Chairman Grasso.

Member Connolly stated that the benefits of this system are speed of dispatch, it creates standardization across all PSAPs, better clarity and allows multi-channel capability.

Ms. Zerwin said that Motorola is working with Purvis for the interface connections and the cost will be $50,000 or less.

Member Connolly moved, seconded by Member Tegtmeyer, that Resolution #ETS-R- 0020-18, as amended, be approved and adopted. On voice vote, motion carried.

Result: Approved [Unanimous]

Mover: Jim Connolly, Fire Rep

Seconder: Brian Tegtmeyer, Du-Comm Rep

Ayes: Eckhoff, Grasso, Connolly, Tegtmeyer, Tillman, Kruger, Kruse

Absent: Block, Franz, McGinnis

2. ETS-R-0022-18 Resolution to Approve Electric Utility Supply and Management Services from MP2 Energy NE for thirty-six (36) Months Pursuant to County Contract Awarded under Bid # 18-057-DT (Total Amount $10,771.84)

Member Tegtmeyer moved, seconded by Member Kruger, that Resolution #ETS-R- 0022-18 be approved and adopted. On voice vote, motion carried.

Result: Approved [Unanimous]

Mover: Brian Tegtmeyer, Du-Comm Rep

Seconder: James Kruger, Chiefs Of Police Association Representative

Ayes: Eckhoff, Grasso, Connolly, Tegtmeyer, Tillman, Kruger, Kruse

Absent: Block, Franz, McGinnis

C. Resolutions

1. ETS-R-0023-18 Policy 911-016 9-1-1 Transfer Procedure Policy

Member Eckhoff moved, seconded by Member Connolly, that Resolution #ETS-R- 0023-18 be approved and adopted. On voice vote, motion carried.

Result: Approved [Unanimous]

Mover: Grant Eckhoff, District 4

Seconder: Jim Connolly, Fire Rep

Ayes: Eckhoff, Grasso, Connolly, Tegtmeyer, Tillman, Kruger, Kruse

Absent: Block, Franz, McGinnis

7. Old Business

There was no old business.

8. New Business

There was no new business.

9. Executive Session

Member Kruse moved, seconded by Member Tillman, that that pursuant to Section 5(c)(11), the Board enter into Executive Session to discuss pending litigation matters. On roll call, Members Connolly, Eckhoff, Franz, Kruger, Kruse, Tegtmeyer and Tillman voted “aye.” Members Block and McGinnis were not present at the time of roll call. Motion carried.

A. Minutes

B. Security procedures and the use of personnel and equipment; to 5 ILCS 120/2 (C ) (8)

C. Personnel Matters Pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2 (C ) (1)

D. Pending Litigation Matters Pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2 (C) (11)

10. Matters Referred From Executive Session

11. Adjournment

A. Next Meeting: Tuesday, May 8 at 8:50am in Room 3-500B

Meeting reconvened. Member Kruse moved, seconded by Member Tillman, that the meeting of the ETSB be adjourned. On voice vote, motion carried.

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