421 N. COUNTY FARM ROAD  
WHEATON, IL 60187  
DU PAGE COUNTY  
ETSB - Policy Advisory Committee  
Final Summary  
www.dupagecounty.gov  
Monday, November 3, 2025  
8:15 AM  
Room 3500A  
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1.  
2.  
CALL TO ORDER  
8:15 AM meeting was called to order by Chair Selvik at 8:15 AM.  
ROLL CALL  
Attendees:  
Linda Zerwin, DuPage Emergency Telephone System Board, non-voting Member  
Eve Kraus, DuPage Emergency Telephone System Board (Remote)  
Gregg Taormina, DuPage Emergency Telephone System Board (Remote)  
Andres Gonzalez, DuPage Emergency Telephone System Board  
Jim Connolly, Village of Addison (Remote)  
Lou Hayes Jr., Hinsdale PD (Remote)  
Marilu Hernandez, ACDC (Remote)  
Jennifer Jager, Motorola (Remote)  
Nick Kottmeyer, County Board Office  
Erik Maplethorpe, DU-COMM (Remote)  
James McGreal, Downers Grove PD (Remote)  
John Nebl, OHSEM (Remote)  
Michael Walker, Itasca PD (Remote)  
On roll call, Members Burmeister, Clark, Fleury, and Selvik were present, which constituted a  
quorum.  
Selvik, Burmeister, Clark, and Fleury  
Benjamin, and Jansen  
PRESENT  
ABSENT  
3.  
4.  
PUBLIC COMMENT  
There was no public comment.  
CHAIR'S REMARKS - CHAIR SELVIK  
There were no remarks from Chair Selvik.  
5.  
6.  
MEMBERS' REMARKS  
There were no Members' remarks.  
CONSENT ITEMS  
6.A.  
25-2639  
DEDIR System October Maintainer Report  
Executive Director Zerwin said the maintainer report included information about an  
upcoming firmware release and said that Radio System Manager Jennifer Jager was  
available to review the updates before police encryption work began. She said fire still  
had a few items to update and said they hoped to release the firmware beforehand. Ms.  
Jager said the plan was to move from 6.04 firmware to 9.40 and the update included fixes  
for rare errors listed at the top of the document that a few users had reported and opened  
tickets.  
Ms. Jager said the new features included the impact zone cloning tool, which was  
important for fire because it sped up deployment of changes, and said it required the front  
panel programming option. She said a new APX trunking affiliation tone was available  
and said it could be enabled through the quick flip if desired. Ms. Jager said the update  
added location format enhancements so the device could show coordinates, and there was  
an adjustable power level feature mainly for marine use. She said multiple code plug  
programming was a major addition, allowing up to ten code plugs that users could switch  
between if the feature was purchased.  
Ms. Jager said device based login was now an option but said it would only identify the  
radio and not the user. She said the number of available voice announcements increased  
to more than 2,000, and an application session lock feature would require a pin to reenter  
certain apps after inactivity. She said several parity features were also added from APX  
standard radios. She said the next release, numbered 3703, would change the version  
format to match APX standards and said it would support a new video speaker mic with  
an integrated camera.  
Executive Director Zerwin said some of the features would be reviewed through the focus  
groups. She said a Motorola change order was coming and said the multiple code plug  
feature might help with issues raised by Member Fleury, so they would consider  
including that cost in the change order and that a printed list of the update information  
would be provided and added to the minutes.  
Motorola System Manager Report October  
Attachments:  
ACCEPTED AND PLACED ON FILE  
Eric Burmeister  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Chris Clark  
SECONDER:  
6.B.  
25-2640  
ETSB PAC Minutes - Regular Meeting - Monday, October 6, 2025  
On voice vote, all Members voted “Aye”, motion carried.  
10-6-2025 PAC Minutes Summary  
Attachments:  
ETSB RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL  
Chris Clark  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Eric Burmeister  
SECONDER:  
7.  
COMMITTEE APPROVAL REQUIRED  
7.A.  
25-2619  
Approval of a Memorandum of Understanding Modification between the Emergency  
Telephone System Board of DuPage County and the Metra Police Department pursuant to  
Policy 911-005.2: Access to the DuPage Emergency Dispatch Interoperable Radio  
System (DEDIR System).  
Executive Director Zerwin said that the motion would be pending the 14 day notification  
period which would conclude on November 5. On voice vote, all Members voted 'Aye',  
motion carried.  
Metra PD DEDIR System Access Modification  
Application_Redacted  
Attachments:  
911-005.2 Attachment Outside Agency CKR MOU Metra  
PD_Redacted  
APPROVED  
Colin Fleury  
Eric Burmeister  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
8.  
PARENT COMMITTEE APPROVAL REQUIRED  
8.A.  
ETS-R-0061-25  
Resolution to approve access to the DuPage Emergency Dispatch Interoperable Radio  
System talk groups pursuant to Policy 911-005.2: Access to the DuPage Emergency  
Dispatch Interoperable Radio System (DEDIR System) and Policy 911-005.10:  
Metropolitan Emergency Response and Investigation Team Designated Talk Groups as  
requested by the Wayne Police Department. PAC Recommended for Approval: 4 Aye, 0  
Nay, 2 Absent.  
Member Fleury made a motion to recommend approval to the ETS Board, seconded by  
Vice Chair Clark. Chair Selvik opened the item for discussion.  
Executive Director Zerwin said that the motion also would be pending the 14 day  
notification period which would conclude on November 5. She said that because these  
were MERIT applications, Chief McLean, who was in charge of MERIT, had been the  
sponsor for these items and said this allowed several steps to be handled at once. She said  
he had already signed off on anything that was MERIT related.  
On voice vote, all Members voted “Aye” to recommend approval to the ETS Board,  
motion carried.  
Wayne PD DEDIR System Access New Application_Redacted  
Attachments:  
911-005.2 Attachment Outside Agency CKR MOU Wayne  
PD_Redacted  
ETSB RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
25-2642  
Colin Fleury  
Chris Clark  
8.B.  
2026 Meeting Calendar - Policy Advisory Committee  
Member Burmeister made a motion to recommend approval to the ETS Board, seconded  
by Member Fleury.  
Chair Selvik said the meeting time would be adjusted and the committee would meet at  
2:00 pm on Mondays instead of 8:15 am. He confirmed that the change worked for  
everyone. Executive Director Zerwin said the calendar had one adjustment on September  
14 because of Labor Day.  
On voice vote, all Members voted 'Aye' to recommend approval to the ETS Board,  
motion carried.  
PAC Meeting Schedule 2026  
Attachments:  
ETSB RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL  
Eric Burmeister  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Colin Fleury  
SECONDER:  
9.  
DEDIR SYSTEM  
9.A.  
25-2641  
November DEDIR System Update  
Executive Director Zerwin said things were moving along with encryption. She said  
although the information was supposed to be released later an email would go out at the  
end of the meeting with the podcast notes, because of a freeze on any changes for  
November 15. She said Mr. Gonzalez would also send a calendar invite to everyone on  
the DEDIR System podcast list to remind them that the cutoff for changes would be  
November 15. Executive Director Zerwin said Mr. Otalvaro and Ms. Jager would work  
on code plug changes and updates, and a schedule had been developed for the physical  
touches, which Motorola calls the first touch for the encryption keys. She said they hoped  
to begin during the first week of December.  
Executive Director Zerwin said ETSB staff would reach out to agencies with information  
about what would be needed from them. She said the podcast included a detailed list  
explaining that all equipment needed to be available on the day of the visit. She said one  
police battery would be swapped during the visit and staff would verify whether agencies  
had completed the firmware update. She added that any remaining APX7000 equipment  
would be collected.  
Executive Director Zerwin said Motorola was reviewing the method used by Northwest  
Central because it might provide a cleaner and easier way to complete encryption if the  
patched method worked. She said this would require shifting code plugs so that the  
encrypted talkgroup would appear in the same area as the user select channels. She said  
this would prevent the problems that occurred during the fire cutover. She said that once  
everything was finalized, staff would begin talking to adjacent agency partners so they  
could prepare and understand how the rollout would be structured. She said things were  
moving along.  
Executive Director Zerwin said chief Brill from Wheaton fire had noticed a low range on  
some talk groups and said staff were checking it. She said it appeared to be something  
that came from a copied code plug and said it did not seem to be system wide. Vice Chair  
Clark said he believed it only applied to the first two zones and said that was why the air  
programming was helpful. Executive Director Zerwin said that with the number of talk  
groups in the DEDIR System and the number of code plugs created, it was difficult to  
catch everything, so a few more issues might appear as users continued to use the radios.  
She said the fire deployment had been going well overall and said users would have the  
chance to review things and provide feedback to the focus group about any other changes  
that might be needed. She said the last radio was delivered on the twenty forth.  
Executive Director Zerwin said the ETSB staff divided themselves into teams and went  
out together to assist the fire agencies as quickly as possible and said she appreciated her  
staff for their work. She said it had been enjoyable to visit the fire stations and see their  
operations. Executive Director Zerwin said that was the current status of the encryption  
project and said they hoped to have everything ready during the first quarter of the 2026.  
DEDIR System Update - 11 2025  
Attachments:  
9.B.  
25-2332  
Discussion of Policy 911-005.6: DuPage Emergency Dispatch Interoperable Radio  
System (DEDIR System) Use of Emergency Button  
Member Burmeister said the directors and deputy directors from both PSAPs met on  
Friday and said the work was still in progress but moving in the right direction. He said  
they hoped to have it finished by the next meeting. Executive Director Zerwin said the  
discussion went well and said red line suggestions on the language were provided.  
911-005.6 DEDIRS Use of Emergency Button executed  
11.9.22_Redacted  
Attachments:  
911-005.6 DuPage Emergency Dispatch Interoperable Radio  
System (DEDIRS) Emergency Button clean draft  
911-005.6 DuPage Emergency Dispatch Interoperable Radio  
System (DEDIRS) Emergency Button redline  
9.C. Discussion of CommandCentral Aware Access Policy  
Executive Director Zerwin said the main issue was determining how chiefs wanted to manage  
access to Command Central Aware and said the ability to use different code plugs might solve  
concerns about who could see location information for investigators, command staff, and SWAT  
teams. She said separate code plugs could allow different levels of visibility and said agencies  
would need to update their forms once a plan was set. She said discussions with Schaumburg  
showed both benefits and challenges because chiefs had different comfort levels with sharing  
location data.  
Chair Clark said they spoke with Schaumburg’s Real Time Information Center and said policy  
examples showed how access could be regulated. He said agencies across the county had raised  
similar questions and said opinions would vary, with some chiefs supporting access and others  
not wanting certain units visible. He said the code plug approach might help and said a Police  
Focus Group could review options before anything was sent to the chiefs.  
Executive Director Zerwin said they needed a baseline before surveying agencies and said the  
current Command Central Aware Policy was written for PSAPs and now needed expansion to  
address chiefs, commanders, and Real Time Information Centers. Member Fleury said the new  
update would allow generic logins that could help protect sensitive investigations.  
Executive Director Zerwin said generic emails created risks in Real Time Information Centers  
and said radio GPS would still be visible unless controlled through a code plug. She said she  
hoped code plugs would be the solution because managing email access created difficulties.  
Chair Selvik said they would start with a police focus group to look at options, and Executive  
Director Zerwin said many details still needed review.  
10.  
11.  
12.  
OLD BUSINESS  
There was no old business.  
NEW BUSINESS  
There was no new business.  
ADJOURNMENT  
12.A. Next Meeting: Monday, December 1st at 8:15am in Room 3-500A  
Vice Chair Clark made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:38 am, seconded by Member  
Jansen. On voice vote, motion carried.  
Respectfully submitted,  
Andres Gonzalez