421 N. COUNTY FARM ROAD

WHEATON, IL 60187

DU PAGE COUNTY

ETSB - Policy Advisory Committee

Final Summary

www.dupagecounty.gov

Monday, August 5, 2024

8:15 AM

Room 3500A

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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

Erik Maplethorpe, DU-COMM John Nebl, OHSEM

John Nebl, OHSEM

Pat Tanner, West Chicago Fire

Jim Connolly, Village of Addison (Remote)

Colin Fleury, West Chicago PD (Remote)

Tom Gallahue, ILEAS (Remote)

Marilu Hernandez, ACDC (Remote)

Jim McGreal, Downers Grove PD (Remote)

Allison Murphy, DMMC (Remote)

Bob Murr, COD (Remote)

Mike Rivas, Villa Park PD (Remote)

On roll call, Members Dina, Benjamin, Burmeister, and Johl were present, which constituted a

quorum. There was one vacancy.

Dina, Johl, Benjamin, and Burmeister

Selvik

PRESENT

ABSENT

PUBLIC COMMENT

There was no public comment.

CHAIRMAN'S REMARKS - CHAIR DINA

Chair Dina announced that this would be his last PAC meeting, that August 15 is his effective

resignation date. He said he tendered his resignation because his views do not necessarily align

with the views of the organization that he represents. Chair Dina said that Chief Rivas also

tendered his resignation, effective immediately, for similar reasons.

Chair Dina then introduced Chief Fleury from West Chicago PD. He said Chief Fleury's

appointment would be on the ETS Board agenda for approval next week Wednesday. No

communication had been received from DU-COMM as of yet as to who would replace Chief

Dina as the Fire Representative.

MEMBERS' REMARKS

Member Benjamin said that DU-COMM's Chief Operations Committee as well as their Board of

Directors voted not to proceed renaming their main dispatch talkgroups. He said he had nothing

to present, nothing written yet, but advised he would be bringing it forward and that it would

only affect DU-COMM's talkgroups, that they were not looking to affect ACDC's. Member Johl

asked Member Benjamin to have an alternative ready for next month as this affects how they

program radios. Member Johl said that if it was only the main dispatch talkgroups they were not

changing, that all else would stay the same as in the plan that was approved then he did not

believe it would be a big deal, but if DU-COMM is making any other changes to the naming

conventions in the plan, then that information would need to be known sooner rather than later.

Member Benjamin replied that he understood.

CONSENT ITEMS

6.A.

24-2014

DEDIR System July Maintainer Report

Ms. Zerwin said that the last chart, the Push to Talk chart, was a bit askew in that some of

the names cut off and the Grade of Service chart was missing the column headers. Ms.

Zerwin said the information is accurate, and that the charts would be repeated in next

month's report.

Motorola System Manager Report 7-30-24.pdf

Attachments:

ACCEPTED AND PLACED ON FILE

Eric Burmeister

RESULT:

MOVER:

SECONDER:

24-2013

Pat Johl

6.B.

ETSB PAC Minutes - Regular Meeting - Monday, July 1, 2024

2024-07-01 PAC Minutes Summary.pdf

Attachments:

ETSB RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE

RESULT:

Pat Johl

MOVER:

Tyler Benjamin

SECONDER:

COMMITTEE APPROVAL REQUIRED

7.A.

24-1981

Lombard Fire WAVE Application

Lombard Fire WAVE Application_Redacted.pdf

Attachments:

APPROVED

Eric Burmeister

Pat Johl

RESULT:

MOVER:

SECONDER:

DEDIR SYSTEM

8.A. Police

Ms. Zerwin referenced the DEDIRS Radio Update memorandum which was disseminated to the

Members and asked that it be sent to Chief Fleury to follow along in the discussion. She said

ETSB staff would be providing this memorandum to the ETS Board to provide an overview and

update on the radio replacement project. Ms. Zerwin then reviewed the details of the

memorandum.

Chair Dina asked if the police side has any APX8500 mobiles and whether the interference issue

affects their operations. Ms. Zerwin said there were a few and Mr. Theusch replied the police

mobile radios were all single band. Ms. Zerwin said those radios could remain in service, as is.

Chair Dina then asked who would do the upgrades on the APX7500 mobile radios. Ms. Zerwin

replied that the Motorola System Manager, Andy Saucedo, would perform the upgrade. Chair

Dina asked if an agency could have one APX8500 and one APX6500 and what the configuration

would be. Ms. Zerwin said those kinds of questions had been sent to Motorola.

Ms. Zerwin then requested that the memo not be widely distributed until it was shared with the

ETS Board.

Chief Fleury asked about how many APX4000 radios would need to be reprogrammed. Ms.

Zerwin replied that there are approximately 500 in the system, half of which are in the jail.

8.A.1. Encryption Update

8.B. Fire

Chair Dina said a Fire Focus Group meeting would be scheduled to review the options to

consider with the mobile radios, as well as how the channel renaming would look and the

templates. Chair Dina said that when there are ideas such as this, someone has to do the work.

He said that Fire Focus has put in hundreds, if not thousands, of hours of work into the current

template. As an example, Chair Dina said that at the last Fire Focus Group meeting, changing the

number of characters in the radios was discussed, but somebody has to make those changes to the

template.

OLD BUSINESS

There was no old business.

10.

NEW BUSINESS