Motorola allow for multiple agencies to roll out on the same day and close the gap. Executive
Director Zerwin said that it would not fall on Motorola, that the physical deployment would be
ETSB’s responsibility. She said if the initial few agencies roll out without issue, then with
enough staff and assistance perhaps from OHSEM with the physical deliveries, we may be able
to do more than one. Executive Director Zerwin said the difference between the police and fire
rollout is that there are nuances with the IDs of the fire radios which makes the rollout a bit more
of a challenge and that the nature of the fire deployment may be such that it would be better to
make the switch on location but may depend. Vice Chair Franz asked for a timeline for the rest
of the year in terms of assignments. Executive Director Zerwin said the project managers have a
Gantt chart that shows the breakdowns and could be sent out.
Vice Chair Franz then asked for a timeline for the IGA process and how that would be rolled out.
Would a letter be sent to each agency? What would be said in the letter? Vice Chair Franz
stated that thought the police radios, from what he had heard, had rolled out well through
DU-COMM and did not know why we would not want to just do the same thing. Chair
Schwarze said he believed that it was mentioned that maybe an affidavit could be signed,
meaning there is no need for an IGA in hand if the meeting is not for a few weeks. Executive
Director Zerwin responded, no, that it is the State’s Attorney’s recommendation because of the
affidavit. Chair Schwarze paused any response, and said to Vice Chair Franz, who had been
speaking to another Member, that this question involves one of Vice Chair Franz’s questions and
that he (Chair Schwarze) wanted to make sure Vice Chair Franz is understanding, please. Chair
Schwarze then apologized to ASA Winistorfer. ASA Winistorfer said this was the
recommendation of the State’s Attorney, not ETSB trying to change things up. He said the
affidavit is basically saying that under penalty of perjury, the radios are used for first responders
in the initial dispatch. ASA Winistorfer said the Chief has to attest because it is operational and
that IGAs should be individual. He said agencies with an IGA with DU-COMM will have to
re-execute. ASA Winistorfer continued saying the affidavits can be signed, that on the police
side, the APX4000 or APXNext model radios are being distributed to CSOs and that ETSB will
be pay for police mobiles as per the opinion. He said any agency with an individual IGA in place
would only need the affidavit. Chair Schwarze asked an example question of an agency who
may not have a meeting for a month or so, that they can sign the affidavit and provide the IGA at
a later date after their meeting. Executive Director Zerwin answered that the agency would sign
a Letter of Intent (LOI) and within the LOI the agency would state their intent to execute the IGA
at their next meeting and provide the specific date. She said this process had been used before
and that it will not hold up the process.
Member Maranowicz said that the Village of Addison’s legal department was very specific in
what was just said, and that Addison did not want to assume responsibility on behalf of their
members. He said he did not want to speak for DU-COMM, but that if some department went
rogue and handed out a radio to someone they were not supposed to, why would Addison be
accountable for that? He said from an ACDC perspective, if you do something, it is on you, the
agency. Member Maranowicz said he respectfully disagrees with Vice Chair Franz, that he
(Member Maranowicz) likes the way it is set up from a liability standpoint, that if you, the
agency, does something wrong, it is not DU-COMM’s fault. It is the agency’s fault, and you
should have known better. Member Robb said she would agree in terms of pushing the ownness
back onto the department. She said she was not here when DU-COMM took on the IGAs for all
the police departments, but it was her intent to change that with the fire departments and have the
fire departments sign individually. Member Robb said she is very much for the…especially
given the change in the State’s Attorney’s opinion coming down the pike.
