Illinois Valley Times

City of Peru Regional Dispatch Board met Oct. 31

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

1. CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Ron Popurella

2. ROLL CALL

Voting & Quorum Members: Bernabei, Boelk (Hochstatter), Curran, Duncan, Eutis, Fisher, Grove, Hogan, Janick, Kellen, Kolowski, Margis, Rutishauser, Smudzinski, Vice Chairman King, Chairman Popurella

Non-Voting Members: Earlville Fire Protection District, City of Spring Valley, Utica Community Fire Protection District

3. MINUTES

• Approve IVRD Meeting minutes of September 26, 2023.

4. PUBLIC FORUM (CITIZEN COMMENTS)

5. COMMUNICATIONS

6. COMMITTEE REPORTS

A) Fire/EMS Operations (Janick/King/Popurella/Rutishauser/Brown/Bogatitus/Todd/Coppes)

o Update

B) Law Enforcement Operations (Smudzinski/Bernabei/Margis/Kellen/Curran, A.)

o Update

C) Labor Management Committee (Bernabei/Duncan/Kellen)

o Update

D) IVRD Executive Director’s Report (Miller-Guss)

o Update

E) Chairman’s Report (Popurella)

o Update

7. REPORTS

• Motion to receive and place September Financial Report on file and to approve and pay bills in the usual manner.

8. OLD BUSINESS

• Update on the daytime dispatch coverage (Ad Hoc Committee)

9. NEW BUSINESS

10. RESOLUTIONS & ORDINANCES

• Motion to approve a resolution approving collective bargaining agreement by and between IVRD and the Metropolitan Alliance of Police, Chapter #609 (Labor Committee)

11. PUBLIC FORUM (CITIZEN COMMENTS)

12. EXECUTIVE (CLOSED) SESSION

The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees, specific individuals who serve as independent contractors in a park, recreational, or educational setting, or specific volunteers of the public body or legal counsel for the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee, a specific individual who serves as an independent contractor in a park, recreational, or educational setting, or a volunteer of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity. However, a meeting to consider an increase in compensation to a specific employee of a public body that is subject to the Local Government Wage Increase Transparency Act may not be closed and shall be open to the public and posted and held in accordance with this Act.

Collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees.

The purchase or lease of real property for the use of the public body, including meetings held for the purpose of discussing whether a particular parcel should be acquired.

The setting of a price for sale or lease of property owned by the public body.

13. NEXT IVRD MEETING:

10:00 a.m., Tuesday, November 28, 2023

14. ADJOURNMENT

https://www.peru.il.us/government/agendas-and-minutes/agendas