CLARE COUNTY 911 ADVISORY BOARD
October 24th, 2017 /CLARE COUNTY TRANSIT BOARDROOM
MEETING MINUTES
Meeting Called to Order @9:50am
Member’s Present: Dale Majeski-CCBOC; Jerry Becker-CCEM; Dave Williams-FD Rep; Lt. Lawrence Schloegl-MSP; Ed Williams-CCSD rep; Marlana Terrian-CC911; Mike Conway-Citizen Rep
Others Present: Cheryl Kampf-MMR; U/SDwayne Miedzianowski-CCSD; Kevin Tubbs-GTFD; Mary Jo Beal-MMMC-Clare; James Chapman-CFD; Melissa Schmidt-CC911; Chris Damvelt-HCFD
* U/S D. Miedzianowski had to leave prior to end of meeting.
Pledge of Allegiance
Changes to Agenda: Mary Jo Beal requested an addition to new business: E-911 MLTS Discussion (Multi-Line Telephone System Bill)
Motion to Approve the Agenda by D. Williams, 2nd by J. Becker
*Motion Passed
April 25th, 2017 minutes approval
Motion to Accept Drafted Minutes with changesby J. Becker, 2nd by D. Williams
*Motion Passed
Public Comments: None
Budget Overview: Current Fund Balance $-84,557.77, Terrian explained the fund will be in good standing once third/fourth quarter revenue is received.
Operational Briefing: Fully staffed as budget allows, Director and Supervisor recently attended New Director School hosted by MCDA, will also be sending other dispatchers for continuing education classes with PSAP training funds. Dispatch staff recently participated in MMCC Health Fair and NMCAC hosted ‘Truck or Treat’ event to urge community to sign up for Smart911.
OLD BUSINESS:
Uninterrupted Power Supply: To replace the UPS, we had to cut power to the 911 Center in Harrison. We sent 2 dispatchers down to Clare PD and we utilized the back-up dispatch center there. Once power was restored in Harrison, we had a few programs that didn’t want to start back up correctly but everything eventually returned to normal. Project completed.
South Radio Tower Move: (Jerry Becker) Completed a week ago, the site is functioning well. We are still working on moving the generator from the old West tower site on M-61. Without the generator, the equipment will run approximately 4 hours on backup battery and CFD can take portable generator over to the water tower, if needed.
Phone Project (Maintenance/PFN Conversion): Director Terrian would like to include one year of on-site maintenance provided by West Safety Services at the approx. cost of $9000, in addition to the phone project already budgeted for. Terrian is working on cleaning up the Master Street Address Guide as part of the PFN conversion process and continues to have monthly project status meetings with PFN.
Motion to support Central Dispatch’s decision to spend an additional $9k to include on-site maintenance provided by West Safety Services for one year, bringing the total to approx. $31k by Lt. Schloegl, 2nd by D. Williams
*Motion Passed
HB5461/SB400 Legislative Update: 911 goes to Lansing event, 911 directors testifying in front of the Senate. The Senate understands the urgency of passing the bill but still working through some of the issues.
9-1-1 SOP Review: Completed
Updating 9-1-1 Plan: Work in Progress
NEW BUSINESS:
MLTS discussion requested by Mary Jo Beal: Clarification about bill and request for test 911 calls to verify the correct information is delivered to 911.
EM Report by Jerry Becker: CCTC now using 800mhz. Farwell Schools went to digital radios.Some changes to Westlawn Tower site. Still having trouble with South UHF channel and schools in south end are unable to contact central dispatch, the vendor is working to solve the problem.
MCA Reportby Mary Jo Beal: New protocols will be released soon.Mary Jo Beal inquired where people can dispose of sharps in Clare county because she has received many calls. The medical center can no longer accept them because they have to be able to prove where they came from due to infectious diseases. No one knew of a drop off location in Clare county.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Dave Williams wanted to know how we could turn the negative 911 fund balance around. Director Terrian discussed the possibility of increasing the operational surcharge amount or the millage in the future but first we need to get the millage renewed in 2018.
Motion to Adjourn by D. Williams, 2nd by J. Becker
*Motion Passed - Meeting Adjourned @10:38am
Next Meeting: January 16th, 2018 following the LEPC meeting
***October meeting minutes approved without any changes at meeting on Jan. 16th, 2018***