demonstration, that would make the meeting an ETS Board Special Call. It was ASA
Winistorfer's advice that the Members relay their plans to attend in advance of the meeting, at
least 48 hours, so it could be posted as a special call, if necessary, per the Open Meetings Act.
Ms. Zerwin said that Ms. Kraus would send an email as a reminder and that the Members could
reply to so an accurate count could be taken. ASA Winistorfer asked that Members please not
attend if they do not convey this ahead of time so a meeting is not created at the time of the
demonstration.
Member Guttman questioned, and was unsure this was the correct forum to do so, that there are
concerns that are not being addressed in terms of (radio model selection) liability whether it be to
the ETSB or the agencies, that he has not received a comfortable answer to, yet. Mr. Connolly
was invited to speak to the question. Mr. Connolly said that if Motorola produces what they, the
Fire Focus Group, believes they are going to produce, he believed the APXNext XN radio would
be acceptable and similar to the way the current radios, the APX7000XE, and the APXNext XE
work. He said that if Motorola did nothing else, the radios should be usable as the APXNext
XEs. Mr. Connolly said he did not believe there was anything else the Fire Focus Group had
identified as a true safety issue. He said this was speculative as they had not seen the changes
from Motorola yet. Member Guttman said it was uncomfortable that there are documents "out
there" that express concerns, and he appreciated that the largest safety issues are being addressed,
and should something go wrong, that creates liability exposure that gives him pause. Mr.
Connolly said it was a fair concern that he thought they would all have the same concern so if
Motorola does not produce a radio that addresses the items identified as true safety concerns and
the radio cannot be configured in a way that works as well as the radios they use that work today,
or the APXNext XE alternative, then there is a serious choice to be made. Mr. Connolly said his
gut feeling is that this will be accomplished, but it has not been seen. Member Guttman thanked
Mr. Connolly. Member Kramer said that the fire service does not follow NFPA 100% of the
time, that liability would be dependent upon the situation.
There were no further questions.
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Ms. Zerwin provided a legislative update, that most of the items were status quo, and provided
follow up information regarding an amendment to HB 3538 which adds telecommunicators into
the definition for mental health insurance coverage. She said this would make a difference to the
PSAPs and that it was moving rather quickly. Member Toerpe asked how this bill relates to
ETSB. A short discussion ensued around how this affects the ETS Board in terms of indirect
costs with respect to the ETSB Budget and the grant allocation that the ETS Board can make to
the PSAPS.
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OLD BUSINESS
There was no old business.
NEW BUSINESS
Ms. Zerwin said that Illinois State University wants to purchase over 500 portable APX7000
radios by June 30. She reviewed the process of the sales contract going through not only ETSB
but also Finance Committee and County Board and that it may appear on the Finance and County
Board schedules prior to ETSB because of timing as an “pending parent company approval item.
The purchase would be recuperative to the ETSB in the amount of approximately $250,000.00.
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EXECUTIVE SESSION
