SARPY COUNTY E-911 COMMUNICATIONS

Minutes of the Meeting

COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM ADVISORY BOARD

March 2, 2005

5:30PM

The Communications Advisory Board Committee was convened in open and public session on March 2, 2005 at 5:30 PM, in the Sarpy County Board Meeting Room. The following members, alternates or representatives were present: Rod Buethe, Mark Wayne, Travis Mayer, Kevin Pokorny, Len Houloose, Steve Betts, Jeff Strawn, Kirk Schuster, Dale Tedder, John Stacey. Notice of the meeting was given in advance by publication in the Bellevue Leader and the Papillion Times.  Copies of the Proofs of Publication are on file in the Sarpy County Clerk’s Office.  All proceedings were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public.  

Houloose moved, seconded by Buethe, to approve the minutes of the February 2, 2005 meeting.   Motion passed unanimously.

Communications Reports:

Administration:  Wayne requested an update from Neil Johnson and Steve Betts regarding the radio upgrade.  Both are beginning work on the mobile radios which take approximately one hour to complete.  Betts will mainly be handling the Bellevue radios and Johnson the rest of the agencies with each assisting the other as needed.  The target date for completion of all mobile radios is April 1, 2005.  Betts handed out the radio templates to the agencies to review.  Elmer Martin from Sarpy County Information Systems will be getting with each agency to set up times to pull the mobiles from the vehicles.

President’s Report:  President Mayer gave the advisory board an update on the selection process for the new Director.

Supervisor’s Report:  John Prince, Sarpy County Information Systems, advised the board that IBRS for calendar year 2004 for all law agencies has been completed and submitted to State of Nebraska.  Fire Rescue Management Systems (FRMS) submissions to the State of Nebraska are still being compiled.  The testing of the CAD capabilities on the MDCs have been a success, and the training of the other departments with MDCs will begin soon.  Prince requested clarification on who is the acting/interim Director of 911 Communications/EMA and Wayne advised to contact him with all questions.  After attending a meeting with Motorola to discuss the life of the current software, we have been informed the software is at the end of life, and the board will need to start evaluating what options are available.  Marilyn Gable then gave an update on the Personnel of the Communications Center.  Three dispatchers are set to begin training on March 14, 2005 and one trainee will be completing training at the end of March.

Grant Report:  Lisa Rink advised the board she should have more information by the May 4th meeting and would hope to get the grant money by June.

Other Business:  President Mayer requested discussion by the Board to allow Louisville Fire Department to have a couple of Springfield radios for Mutual Aid purposes.  The radios would still be under control of Springfield Fire.  Strawn made a motion to allow the radios to be used by Louisville, seconded by Buethe.  Motion passed unanimously.

Schuster requested a LEOP update and was directed to contact Joe Mastandrea for further information.