Lake County Gazette

Lake County Public Safety Answering Point Consolidation Committee met Nov. 8.

Here are the agenda provided by the committee:

1. Call to Order

2. Roll Call of Members

3. Approval of Minutes

3.1 23-1670

Committee action approving the PSAP Consolidation Committee minutes from October 11, 2023.

4. Public Comment

5. Unfinished Business

6. New Business

6.1 23-1671

Executive Agent Update.

6.2 23-1672

Working Group Updates.

6.3 23-1673

Project Manager Update from Federal Engineering.

•  Presentation and discussion on the Draft Options and Recommendations Report (Contract Task B).

•  Overview of Implementing IGA working groups and workshops (Contract Task C).

6.4 23-1674

Committee action approving the name for the New Consolidated PSAP.

6.5 23-1677

Resolution authorizing Lake County, as the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) Consolidation Committee (PCC) Executive Agent, to enter into a professional services agreement with a lawyer or legal firm approved by the Chair of the PCC to support the development of the Implementing Intergovernmental Agreement (and related documents) and authorizing up to $25,000 from the Regional PSAP Consolidation Fund for said legal support.

•  In 2022, eight Lake County PSAPs agreed, through an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) to establish a PSAP Consolidation Committee focused on working with stakeholders to establish a NEW CONSOLIDATED PSAP in Lake County.

•  Committed Parties to the PSAP Consolidation Committee IGA are Lake County Sheriff, CenCom E911, Fox Lake, Gurnee, Lake Zurich, Mundelein, Vernon Hills, and Waukegan and the County of Lake (as the Executive Agent).

•  The IGA between participating PSAPs agreed to use Lake County as its Executive Agent and delegates to the County the authority to conduct a procurement process for retaining Legal Support a well as entering into contracts, making payments (upon written direction from the PSAP Consolidation Committee), and for receiving the initial financial contributions to this project.

•  The County will compile a list of lawyers / law firms with expertise in 9-1-1, emergency dispatch, and Joint Emergency Telephone System Board ETSB operations and consolidations for review and final selection by the PCC Chair.

•  Funding for this agreement / contract will be from the PSAP Consolidation Committee contributions defined in the IGA.

6.6 23-1678

Committee discussion and direction on an extension to the Intergovernmental Agreement Regarding Development of the Plan and Agreement to Consolidate Participating Lake County Public Safety Answering Points.

•  The term of this agreement is eighteen months with an effective date of September 1, 2022.

•  Without an extension, this Agreement expires on February 29, 2024.

6.7 23-1675

Update on coordination, communication, and outreach to Lake County public safety entities and partners.

7. Members' Remarks

8. Adjournment

Next Meeting: December 13, 2023 at the Central Permit Facility (2nd FL) 500 W. Winchester Road Libertyville, IL

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