Lake County Regional 911 Operations Committee met May 19.
Here are the minutes provided by the committee:
1. Call to Order
Chair, Pat Kreis, called the Regional 911 Operations Committee Meeting to order at 2:03 p.m.
2. Roll Call of Members
Jim Hawkins, 911 Project Coordinator, did a roll call of members.
Members present:
CenCom E9-1-1 - Nichol Whitfield, Director
Countryside Fire Protection District - Chuck Smith, Fire Chief
Grayslake Fire Protection District - Dan Pierre, Fire Chief
Gurnee - Chris Velkover, JETSB Chairman
Lake County - Jim Hawkins, Deputy County Administrator / 911 Project Coordinator Lake County ETSB - Steven Winnecke, Director
Libertyville – Matt Goze, Deputy Chief of Police Administration
Mundelein – John Monahan, Chief of Police
North Chicago - Laz Perez, Chief of Police
NELCC JETSB - Chris Velkover, JETSB Chairman
Round Lake – David Prus, Chief of Police
Round Lake Beach - Wayne Wilde, Jr., Deputy Chief
Vernon Hills - Pat Kreis Chief of Police and Committee Chair
Waukegan – Gabe Guzman, on behalf of Chief Zupec
*Fox Lake – Not present
Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District - Not present
Lake County Sheriff's Office - Not present
Lincolnshire - Not present
VHL JETSB – Not present
Wauconda Fire Protection District - Not present
Others present in person:
Janna Philipp - County Administrator's Office
Susannah Heitger - Crowe
Lindsay Szafram - Fox Lake
Bernard Malkov - Sheriff's Office
Steve Husak - Lake Zurich PD
Jim Chamernik, Sheriff's Office
Joris Lillge - Grayslake FD
Matt Bickel - Wold AE
Don Hansen - Mundelein Support Services Director
*Fox Lake – Jimmy Lee, Chief of Police, entered meeting after roll call
Others present via remote attendance:
Jill Willis - Crowe
3. Approval of Minutes
3.1 22-0742
Minutes from April 21, 2022.
A motion was made by Member Perez, seconded by Member Whitfield, that the minutes be approved. The motion carried unanimously by voice vote.
4. Public Comment
There were no comments from the public.
5. Unfinished Business
There was no unfinished business.
6. New Business
6.1 22-0743
Update Operations and Policy Committee Membership.
Jim Hawkins, 911 Project Coordinator, stated the Wauconda Fire Chief, Dave Geary, was retiring, and the new Fire Chief, Patrick Kane is replacing him on the Committee. 6.2 22-0744
Project Coordinator’s Update.
Jim Hawkins, 911 Project Coordinator, provided a brief update on the project and the four Lines of Effort (LOE) - 1: Technology, 2: Facility and 3: Organization 4: Plan for ETSB/JETSB consolidation. Mr. Hawkins explained that a meeting with ETSBs about consolidation will be scheduled soon. He reminded the group that the last scheduled meeting for Operations Committee will be August 18th and he proposed having it as a joint Policy and Operations Committee meeting to wrap everything up.
6.3 22-0745
Update on Consortium CAD, Mobile, RMS, JMS, E-Citation, and E-Crash Software Implementation.
Susannah Heitger Crowe LLP Consultant, provided a brief Consortium System Implementation update, including accomplishments to date and upcoming key tasks with the Tyler Technologies team.
Crowe LLP Consultant Heitger reported there were some outstanding issues that they are working through with Tyler Technologies. Lake County ETSB Director, Steven Winnecke, provided additional details regarding the network layer for routing and EFD/EMD Medical protocols issues that they are waiting on a response from Tyler Technologies.
Bernard Malkov, Lake County Sheriff's Office Information Technology Manager, provided an update on data conversion, data sharing MOUs, and the CAD, RMS, and Brazos Intergovernmental Agreements. Discussion ensued.
6.4 22-0747
Update on the Regional Operations and Communications Facility.
Jim Hawkins, 911 Project Coordinator, provided an overview and update on the Regional Operations and Communications (ROC) facility, including the design principles, schematic design, funding and next steps.
6.5 22-0749
Update and Discussion on Establishing a Consolidated PSAP and Dispatching Entity.
Jim Hawkins, 911 Project Coordinator, provided an update and explained that the PSAPs have been meeting to work on the initial Intergovernmental Agreements (IGA) to form a consolidated PSAP.
Chair Kreis described how the PSAPs group has been working on the first of two IGAs for the transition to a joint governance organization that is open to every public safety agency in Lake County. The first IGA does require a financial buy-in from PSAPs to hire a project manager, who will work on the second IGA to form the joint governance organization. Chair Kreis stated that the draft is not ready yet, but it will be distributed for review prior to final signature by the PSAPs..
911 Project Coordinator Hawkins stated that one of the articles of the first IGA addresses transparency, openness and sharing and the only way to succeed is if everyone knows what is going on.
6.6 22-0750
Update and Discussion on Emergency Telephone System Board (ETSB) Consolidation Efforts.
Jim Hawkins, 911 Project Coordinator, explained that he was not yet able to coordinate an ETSB meeting, but sees the PSAPs and ETSBs as moving along in parallel and informing each other as they move forward. A meeting will be scheduled soon.
7. Members' Remarks
Jim Hawkins, 911 Project Coordinator, asked for members to review their policy group members as well. He confirmed with the group that they wanted to have the August meeting a joint Operations and Policy meeting.
8. Adjournment
A motion was made by Member Winnecke to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Member Perez. The motion carried by voice vote. Chair Kreis declared the meeting adjourned at 2:49 p.m.
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