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Rock Island County Emergency Telephone System Board met Jan 7.

Here are the minutes provided by the board:

BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: McCloud, McMaster, Meyers, Ramsey, Seiver, VanKlaveren

BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: Beswick, Gault

OTHERS PRESENT: Matt Franks, Kirk Pattison, Rock Island Police Department; Curt Champion, Rock Island County Sheriff’s Department; Chris Johnson, Derek Radosevich, Milan Police Department; Jason Kratt, East Moline Police Department; Scott Ryckeghem, Margo Sparbel, QComm; Chelsea Noe, Rock Island Arsenal; Paul Andorf, Medic EMS; Jerry Sottos, Moline Fire Department; Jim Uskavich, Brian Nelson, Wayne Mooney, Rich Schipper and Christine Cary, Bi-State Regional Commission

1. Board Introduction. Seiver introduced McMaster as a new Board member.

2. Approval of the December 3, 2024 Minutes. VanKlaveren moved that the minutes of the December meeting be approved as presented. Ramsey seconded, and the motion was approved.

3. Financial Reports. Cary distributed the January Accounts Payable totaling $157,229.07. She noted that CentralSquare invoice 418611 is set to be paid this month using the remaining 2,340 credits. Once this invoice is paid, the credit balance will be 0. VanKlaveren moved that the January accounts payable be approved for payment. McCloud seconded, and the motion was approved unanimously by roll call vote. The following financial report was presented:

POOL Balance: $ 3,204,000.00

Checkbook Balance: $ 164,874.43

TOTAL $ 3,368,874.43

Dec. Surcharge: $ 141,612.07

a. Budget. Cary presented the third quarter budget and recommended moving $15,000 from training (ETSB and Cyber Security) to Heartland Business Systems under subscriptions. McCloud made a motion to approve the budget transfers to Heartland Business Systems. Meyers seconded, and the motion was approved.

4. PSAP Reports.

a. County – Meyers reported they are at 11 and hired one who starts Monday. When the new hire is trained, they will be at full staff.

b. Rock Island – Franks stated they are at 11, one short of being fully staffed. They are looking to hire on the 20th. He stated he will be done on February 3, and Kirk Pattison will be taking over as PSAP manager.

c. QComm – Ryckeghem reported they are at 26 employees, 19 full-time dispatchers, and have seven in training. There was a P25 update on December 10, which caused no interruption. There were no Arsenal transfers in the last month, and there are three new fire chiefs: Greg Marty, Blackhawk; Scott Jahn, Reynolds, and Tom Cassidy, Silvis.

d. Arsenal – Noe stated they are at seven with six fully trained. They have one spot left to fill, that is currently on hold. She stated they are in the process of getting a contract signed with QComm, so QComm will get paid for any transfers that come up in the future.

e. SECC – No Report.

5. Secondary PSAP Reports.

a. AMT EMS – No Report.

b. Medic EMS – Andorf reported everything is good.

6. Technical Report.

a. Heartland Business Systems (HBS) – Schipper reported internal onboarding for XDR has been scheduled for Friday. He will report the timeline next month.

b. Third IT Position – Schipper reported that we are revising the job posting for the third position. He is focused on hiring someone with a strong IT foundation.

c. Multi-Factor Authentication – Schipper stated he will be meeting with Factor later this week to discuss a solution for the mobiles. He stated his immediate concern is the Arsenal and discussed in RMS that ETSB could purchase the core service, and that other agencies could pay for their own licensing and end point costs. He went on to say Hart suggested ETSB pay the entirety, since they only use the mobiles for NCIC access in CAD. Schipper stated he thought this would be a large expense, and going forward, we should have a security system line item on the upcoming budget. Schipper stated he would have more information next month.

7. Other Business.

a. RapidSOS – Sparbel reported that RapidSOS is now separated into four different agencies, and the skills training portal is set up for each PSAP. She stated there is a meeting in the training room later today with CentralSquare to discuss RapidSOS mapping.

8. Executive Session. At 10:19 a.m. VanKlaveren moved that the Board enter into executive session to discuss appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees (5ILCS 120/2c (1)). Meyers seconded, and the motion was approved. The meeting adjourned to executive session at 10:21 a.m. VanKlaveren made a motion to exit executive session at 10:53 a.m. McCloud seconded, and the motion was approved. No action was taken during executive session.

a. Action from Executive Session. Sevier opened the session at 10:53 a.m. VanKlaveren made a motion to accept the evaluation form and merit increase for Mooney. Ramsey seconded, and motion was approved unanimously by roll call vote.

9. Public Comment. None.

10. Adjournment. The meeting adjourned at 10:55 a.m. The next monthly meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, February 4, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. at Milan Village Hall.

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