421 N. COUNTY FARM ROAD  
WHEATON, IL 60187  
DU PAGE COUNTY  
ETSB - Policy Advisory Committee  
Final Summary  
www.dupagecounty.gov  
Monday, May 6, 2024  
8:15 AM  
Room 3500A  
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1.  
2.  
CALL TO ORDER  
8:15 AM meeting was called to order by Chair Dina at 8:15 AM.  
ROLL CALL  
Attendees:  
Linda Zerwin, DuPage Emergency Telephone System Board, non-voting Member  
Matt Theusch, DuPage Emergency Telephone System Board  
Gregg Taormina, DuPage Emergency Telephone System Board  
Eve Kraus, DuPage Emergency Telephone System Board  
Andy Saucedo, Motorola System Manager  
Jim Connolly, Village of Addison  
Nick Kottmeyer, County Board  
Erik Maplethorpe, DU-COMM  
Patrick Tanner, West Chicago Fire  
Reid Foltyniewicz, Oak Brook PD (Remote)  
Eric Fors, Hanover Park Fire (Remote)  
Tom Gallahue, ILEAS (Remote)  
Jeanine Krull, DU-COMM (Remote)  
Jim McGreal, Downers Grove PD (Remote)  
Bill Srejma, ACDC (Remote)  
John Sullivan, Addison Fire (Remote)  
On roll call, Members Dina, Johl, Benjamin, Burmeister, Rivas, and Selvik were present, which  
constituted a quorum.  
Dina, Johl, Benjamin, Burmeister, Rivas, and Selvik  
PRESENT  
3.  
4.  
CHAIRMAN'S REMARKS - CHAIR DINA  
Chair Dina welcomed Erik Maplethorpe of DU-COMM to the Focus Groups.  
MEMBERS' REMARKS  
There were no Members' remarks.  
5.  
6.  
PUBLIC COMMENT  
There was no public comment.  
CONSENT ITEMS  
6.A.  
24-1396  
DEDIR System April Maintainer Report  
On voice vote, all Members voted "Aye", motion carried.  
April 2024 Motorola System Manager Report.pdf  
Attachments:  
ACCEPTED AND PLACED ON FILE  
Pat Johl  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Tyler Benjamin  
SECONDER:  
6.B.  
24-1397  
ETSB PAC Minutes - Regular Meeting - Monday, April 1, 2024  
On voice vote, all Members voted "Aye", motion carried.  
2024-04-01 PAC Minutes Summary.pdf  
Attachments:  
ETSB RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE  
Michael Rivas  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Tyler Benjamin  
SECONDER:  
7.  
PARENT COMMITTEE APPROVAL REQUIRED  
7.A.  
ETS-R-0037-24  
Resolution to adopt the talk group access agreement between the Emergency Telephone  
System Board of DuPage County and Tri-Com Central Dispatch.  
Ms. Zerwin said some of the outside agencies have provided their consent to the  
agreement through emails. Whereas others, such as the agencies brought forward on this  
agenda, have agreements to be executed.  
On voice vote, all Members voted "Aye", motion carried.  
Tri-Com Talkgroup Access Agreement 5.8.24.pdf  
Attachments:  
ETSB RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL  
RESULT:  
Michael Rivas  
Pat Johl  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
7.B.  
ETS-R-0038-24  
Resolution to adopt the talk group access agreement between the Emergency Telephone  
System Board of DuPage County and Grundy County Emergency Telephone System  
Board.  
On voice vote, all Members voted "Aye", motion carried.  
Grundy Talkgroup Access Agreement 5.8.24_Redacted.pdf  
Attachments:  
ETSB RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL  
RESULT:  
Pat Johl  
MOVER:  
Roy Selvik  
SECONDER:  
7.C.  
ETS-R-0039-24  
Resolution to adopt the talk group access agreement between the Emergency Telephone  
System Board of DuPage County and the City of Elgin.  
On voice vote, all Members voted "Aye", motion carried.  
City of Elgin Talkgroup Access Agreement 5.8.24.pdf  
Attachments:  
ETSB RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL  
RESULT:  
Pat Johl  
MOVER:  
Michael Rivas  
SECONDER:  
8.  
DEDIR SYSTEM PORTABLES AND MOBILES  
8.A. Police  
8.A.1. Encryption Update  
Member Rivas said there is an important meeting coming up on May 15 between DU-COMM  
and ACDC and Motorola to discuss what encryption looks like with the equipment coming in,  
reaffirming the naming conventions, the recommendation for which channels to encrypt and the  
timeline looking forward. Member Rivas provided an example of an incident when the scanner  
groups divulged too much pertinent information to the general public which is a serious issue  
and affects office safety. Member Selvik added that saturation teams, who have been following  
violent crews from nearby counties, have determined from observing their patterns that the crews  
most likely also have scanners to monitor the radio traffic. Member Rivas stressed the  
importance of moving to an encrypted channel as soon as possible once the logistics have been  
figured out.  
Ms. Zerwin said in regard to the AXS consoles, the equipment is on order and is about 30 weeks  
out for receipt of equipment and implementation, which hinges on configuration and is part of  
discussions during the upcoming meeting on May 15.  
8.A.2. HB4339 Update  
Chair Dina reported that House Bill 4339 has moved out of Executive Committee but has the  
potential to return.  
8.B. Fire  
Chair Dina said that the report from Motorola regarding the cutout of audio in the mobile radios  
was less than desirable. He said his understanding was that Motorola's recommendation was to  
use the mobiles but only as a single band radio which defeats the purpose of having dual band  
and is not an acceptable resolution to the problem. Chair Dina asked if there were any  
questions/comments, to which there were none. Ms. Zerwin said the distribution of the report  
was to the PAC and Focus Group members. She was collecting questions in response to the  
report to give Motorola a chance to respond. Ms. Zerwin said if that is Motorola's  
recommendation, that is not a solution and is not what was purchased. She said a way forward  
could be looking at different models or brands. Ms. Zerwin said that in a discussion with  
Motorola sales, they will work with DuPage in terms of the contract. She did not believe the  
report was Motorola's final answer, but it was disappointing.  
Chair Dina said the release to the APXNext XN has been moved to May. Ms. Zerwin said the  
radio demo date for the XN radio would be May 21. She said the Fire Focus Group members  
who have been testing the XNs would be updated with the new firmware so as the demo radios  
are circulated through the agencies, the Focus Group members would understand the questions  
being asked. Ms. Zerwin said Motorola would be present to demonstrate the features of the  
APXNext XE and the features of the updated firmware of the APXNext XN radios. She said that  
in talking with the State's Attorney, it was important that Motorola do the demonstration of their  
fearures and then the Focus Group/NFPA members could speak to the features to the group. She  
provided the details of the location and took a poll regarding attendance to determine whether the  
demonstration would be a special call PAC meeting. The Police and PSAP representatives  
declined to attend. Vice Chair Johl said that May 21 was the first date of the Fire Chiefs'  
Symposium. A short discussion ensued around choosing a new date. Ms. Zerwin then provided  
further details of the demo and what to expect regarding a monday.com dashboard to track the  
schedule, how this would be an amendment to the Intergovenmental Agreement to memorialize  
the decision, and the equipment sign offs. Further discussion ensued around the firmware  
update, template changes, the next Fire Focus Group meeting, and if an agency knows they want  
an APXNext XE now, can they get it now, to which the answer is no because a change order to  
the contract would need to be executed first. There was no further discussion.  
9.  
OLD BUSINESS  
There was no old business.  
10.  
11.  
NEW BUSINESS  
There was no new business.  
ADJOURNMENT  
11.A. Next Meeting: Monday, June 3 at 8:15am in Room 3-500A  
Vice Chair Johl made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:35am, seconded by Member Selvik.  
On voice vote, motion carried.  
Respectfully submitted,  
Eve Kraus