looking at creating a solution so the entire consortium can assess all the available products to
determine whether Hexagon is the right solution for RMS or if there is another solution that may
make more sense.
Vice Chair Franz thanked CIO McPhearson and asked, in relation to the comment that all
members agreed to the Restatement in 2022, was this done through the Committee or
individually? CIO McPhearson answered, through the Committee. Vice Chair Franz then asked
that if they determine there is a better solution, what is the impact to ETSB having Hexagon as a
vendor, are there intricacies in doing so. CIO McPhearson said on the RMS side, there are
integrations between RMS, CAD, LEADS, and other applications that would lose that
integration, as well as the ability to negotiate pricing, tools and resources as a larger group with
CAD and RMS. CIO McPhearson then deferred to Ms. Zerwin to answer in relation to CAD.
Ms. Zerwin said there would be discussion with the PSAP Directors to determine if they want to
go out for RFP at a minimum for pricing. She said that most things for dispatch hang off CAD
and integrations, such as FUSUS, agencies pay for. If the CAD is changed, agencies would then
have to pay for a new integration. Ms. Zerwin affirmed what CIO McPhearson said about price
breaks if the two systems are bid together. She also said the intent was initiation of incident
through disposition of the case so all of that would have to be rebuilt. If users want just a records
management system it would cost less but it would be just that; all of the integrations it has taken
five years to build would need to be redesigned. Ms. Zerwin said it would all depend on the
solution they are looking for and hardware versus cloud-based options. She said ETSB pays
70% of the hardware costs and if CAD were standalone, the costs could be a bit higher. In a
cloud-based solution, there could be savings but we would not know unless we went out to bid.
Vice Chair Franz asked when the CAD contract is over. Ms. Zerwin said it is the same date as
RMS but as evidenced by the Comcast contract, it takes time to implement changes which is why
they need to look now. Ms. Zerwin said it will be easier on the CAD side as there are only two
PSAPs and they work together and the coding and such is all standardized. She said MPS is also
standardized and would probably move with CAD. It would be the integrations that would take
time.
CIO McPhearson said current CAD and RMS are integrated with Mobile for Public Safety
(MPS), Field Based Reporting (FBR), OnCall Records (OCR), OnCall Analytics (OCA), Illinois
Uniform Crime Reporting System (IUCR), LiveScan, National Incident-Based Reporting System
(NIBRS), LEADS, and County GIS. He said all these would need new solutions to integrate
with these applications, although a few would go away, if they move to a new system.
There were no further questions.
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EXECUTIVE SESSION
12.A. Minutes Review Pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2 (C) (21)
12.B. Personnel Matters Pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2 (C ) (1)
12.C. Security Procedures and the Use of Personnel and Equipment Pursuant to 5 ILCS
12.D. Pending Litigation Matters Pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2 (C) (11)
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