Chapter Meeting Minutes Thursday, May 7th, 2015 At Peoria Library, Main Library, Lower Level Auditorium, Peoria, IL Jointly held with Illinois NENA

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1 Chapter Meeting Minutes Thursday, May 7th, 2015 At Peoria Library, Main Library, Lower Level Auditorium, Peoria, IL Jointly held with Illinois NENA OFFICERS PRESENT: Attending Past President Al Marquardt 1st Vice President Jeanine Chiappano Executive Council Rep Jason Kern Secretary Ed Milam Treasurer John Mostaccio Director Ralph Caldwell Director Jeannine Thompson President Mike O Connor Dennis Stillwagon, Commercial Not Attending 2nd Vice President Brent Reynolds Director Steve Rauter Director Michael Midiri Frequency Advisor North Bill Carter Frequency Advisor South Chris Kindelspire President Marquardt called the meeting to order at 10:04 hours and welcomed members to the meeting. Mike Davis from Frontier Communications is sponsoring this meeting and will present after the meetings. Review and approval of Chapter Meeting minutes of February 19 th, 2015 Motion by Jeannine Thompson to approve, 2 nd by Sandy Bietel. Motion passed by voice vote. President Marquardt 1 st Vice President Chiappano None 2 nd Vice President Reynolds None Executive Council Report by Executive Council Representative Jason Kern: Board of Directors and Executive Committee has just concluded meetings in Alexandrea, VA. At which time they approved new senior and life members to be awarded at the Annual Conference in Washington, DC. In order to promote and encourage more participation in national Committees APCO has instituted a number of changes including restructuring and the implementation of term limits on Committee members. The intent is to get newer members involved and eliminate the member waiting lists for Committee participation. President Wright formed a Committee Enhancement Task Force containing 14 members which will continue to work to improve this area. We are working on implementing Commercial member benefit changes The Leadership Development Committee is actively working on making recommendations to the Executive Council on moving language between the C & B into the policy manual. This will be formulated into resolutions that will be presented Illinois APCO Chapter Meeting Minutes May 7 th,

2 to the Quorum at the Annual Business meeting. One of the proposals involves attempting to expand the candidate pool for the Board of Directors by allowing Executive Council members to be eligible for 2 years after they leave their position. Overall a points system has been developed to gauge member s qualifications for these positions in order to expand the overall pool of eligible members. We are 9 months into the fiscal year for APCO. Finances are looking good at this time as being reported by the Finance Committee Chair Martha Carter. AFC is contributing 16% of APCO s revenue, APCO Institute 34%, Events 39%, Member Services 10%. The fiscal budget was due to be voted on this week, I do not have final word on its approval. The budget was balanced with surplus. The National Committee Chairs have been announced by 1 st Vice President Brent Lee. Those Chairpersons have been notified and we are in process of round #1 Committee selections for members. For those who have applied we look at their 1 st choices, because we are in the first year of the new term limits structure there are provisions for waivers in specific cases. Also a number of Committees have been terminated due to non-activity. The APCO Government Relations Office filed Comments with the FCC on April 21 regarding the Accountability and Governance. NPSTW webinar free Dispatch Danger Zones was well attended., Standards development committee recently received approval on standards on Quality Assurance program and Common data codes for data exchange. All available on the APCO International website. Call for action Requesting comments on Minimum training standards for public safety telecommunicators. Comments are due prior to May 25 th, APCO is certifying 11 new agencies certified in the Project 33 training standards. Next year deadline is April 1 st, for 2016 APCO s membership as of April 1 st is 22,495 APCO Conference Exhibit area will feature a new product showcase area APCO staffing updates - Chris Phelps of AFC has retired, Susan Stowell Corder has been named Director of Knowledge Management, and Debra Moore has been named the Senior Member Services Coordinator Chapter President Al Marquardt presented Sherrill Ornberg with an award recognizing her 26 years of service with the Illinois APCO Board. Sherrill Ornberg acknowledges the award and thanks the members of APCO and NENA and emphasized her belief that both organizations were instrumental in her successful career. Illinois APCO Treasurers Account Balance as of May 7 th, 2015 ASSETS - Current Assets Checking/Savings Chase Checking 3, Chase Savings 60, Scholarship Fund 6, Total Checking/Savings 71, Other Current Assets Northside Community Bank CD #1 7, Illinois APCO Chapter Meeting Minutes May 7 th,

3 Northside Community Bank CD #2 7, Total Other Current Assets 14, Total Current Assets 85, Fixed Assets 300 Equipment 4, Accumulated Depreciation -2, Total Fixed Assets 1, TOTAL ASSETS 87, LIABILITIES & EQUITY Equity Opening Bal Equity 121, Retained Earnings -53, Net Income 20, Total Equity 87, TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY 87, Chapter Secretary Ed Milam Membership report Total members 943 broken down as follows: Associate 67, Commercial 28, Full 356, Full - Group 136, Group - On line 356 Board Member Steve Rauter None Board Member Mike Midiri- None Board Member Jeannine Thompson - Working on membership recognition for Chapter members. Board Member Ralph Caldwell No report Past President Mike O Connor No report Commercial Advisory Denis Stillwagon No report No frequency advisors were present at this meeting. Committee Reports Public Education - Marquardt reported that the due to the Legislative activity we are behind in our Committee appointment and goal setting for The goal of the Presidents of Illinois APCO and NENA are to re-energize this Committee. We are seeking additional active members for this Committee, please watch for a future request for members. Bylaw Committee Rauter has been busy but we are working to make progress EMD Committee John Ferraro reported in writing that it has come to the attention of the committee that IDPH, and therefore the resource hospitals are starting to pay more attention to EMD. There has been an increased awareness of our continuing education, and at times, it is being outright rejected because it isn t medical enough in nature. We all are aware that it is difficult to pull together 12-hours of continuing education in a year and many times most of us who are IDPH compliant have used other continuing education to count towards the EMD requirement. Illinois APCO Chapter Meeting Minutes May 7 th,

4 The IL APCO EMD Committee is meeting by the end of May to come up with a game plan. While we all feel strongly about being EMD IDPH compliant, and agree that continuing education is key, we are hoping to soften IDPH s stance. The goal of the committee has always been to get as many PSAPS to be IDPH EMD compliant as possible. With more stringent requirements, we just don t know if that will continue to happen. Through the years we have made many good contacts with IDPH, and our goal would be to meet with them to clear some of this up in the very near future. Telecommunications Training and Standards Sherrill Ornberg reported that work has been in progress for the last 2 years. We have a very hard working Committee on this project. We have a complete curriculum and we have a synopsis of the curriculum. We also have a proposal from the Executive Institute of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board (ILETS) for an on-line training support should we decide to adopt that position. In previous attempts ( ) to pass suggested training was not mandated. This time we are attempting to make this program mandatory. There are new APCO/NENA and industry standards for minimum training standards on a national level. They have been shared with the Committee in order to make certain that we did not omit any necessary elements. Larry Smith of ILETS retired in December and has not been replaced as a contact with the Committee. We need pricing and support cost estimates. We intend to the make the 15 module course and make it available on-line with a battery of tests. We are hoping to obtain new information from ILETS shortly. Al Marquardt urged questions directly to Sherrill Ornberg in any method. Old Business IPSTA Conference Tammy Peterson reported that the Sunday class is set for the Conference James Marshall, Survive and Thrive, Call for Presentations is ongoing, Housing and Registration will open on July 6 th and the theme for this year s Conference is Rock Stars and our banquet entertainment will be Dueling pianos. We have 19 vendors and sponsorships available. Remember new dates of Nov 1 st 4 th, 2015 APCO History Ed Milam reported we have bid farewell to Michelle Bryant as she graduates from Bradley University. We have contracted a web company Cybernautic to produce a new APCOhistory.org website with a go live goal of August 15 th, Al Marquardt also reported that we have re-contracted with Liz Bloodworth through Legislative update Provided during the INENA Meeting New Business Fall Training Seminar Jeanine Chiappano informed members that the Fall Seminar would be held on September 25 th. The topic would be A Victims Plea Meeting Expectation by Nathan Lee of the Denise Amber Lee Foundation. The location will be Hollywood Boulevard in Woodridge with lunch provided. The cost for APCO members is $30 / Non-members $ 80 Illinois APCO Chapter Meeting Minutes May 7 th,

5 Summer outing Jeanine Chiappano also advised that Illinois APCO will hold its Summer Outing on Saturday, June 13 th at Peoria Chief s Baseball, free to members, $ for nonmembers Motion by Milam to adjourn the meeting, 2nd by Ornberg. Motion carried by voice vote. Meeting adjourned at 1044 hours Legislative Update - The Legislative Committee report was provided by David Tuttle during the Illinois NENA meeting Goes To Springfield was well attended. Positive feedback was received from our Legislative liaisons on the event. David Tuttle spoke to our Legislative liaison John Lowder on this day who advised that there was no news on the movement of the proposals as set forth by the Services Advisory Committee. The details concerning the structure of the Governing Board may be one of the reasons for no action at this time. Ralph Caldwell advised that we are ok on deadlines. Concerning the final report of the Services Advisory Board was derived through a series of compromises on all parties involved. There are concerns reference to the Consolidation language that was insisted by the Governor s office. Respectfully submitted Ed Milam Ed Milam Chapter Secretary Illinois Chapter of APCO International Illinois APCO Chapter Meeting Minutes May 7 th,