Illinois Valley Times

City of Peru Illinois Valley Regional Dispatch Board met Dec. 17

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, Fisher, Grove, Hogan, Janick, Kent, Kolowski, Margis, McDermott, 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 November 26, 2024.

4. PUBLIC FORUM (CITIZEN COMMENTS)

5. PRESENTATIONS

• CAD Procurement Committee Presentation (Miller/Gatza/Brown)

6. COMMUNICATIONS

7. STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS

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

○ Update

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

○ Update

8. AD HOC COMMITTEE REPORTS

A) Labor Management Committee (Bernabei/Curran/Duncan/Kent)

○ Update

9. OTHER REPORTS

A) IVRD Executive Director’s Report (Miller)

○ Update

B) Chairman’s Report (Popurella)

○ Update

10. FINANCIAL REPORTS/BILLS

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

11. OLD BUSINESS

12. NEW BUSINESS

• Recognition of Lindsey Skaggs for 5 years of employment with IVRD. (Miller)

• Motion to receive and place on file FY24 IVRD Audit (Miller)

• Motion to receive and place on file 2025 IVRD Board Meeting Schedule as follows:

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Tuesday, February 25, 2025 Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Tuesday, March 25, 2025 Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Tuesday, April 29, 2025 Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Tuesday, May 27, 2025 Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 Tuesday, December 16, 2025

13. RESOLUTIONS & ORDINANCES

• Motion to approve a resolution approving the waiver of the competitive bidding process in lieu of solicitation of competitive proposals and accepting the proposal of vendor CentralSquare Technologies, LLC based on its competitive pricing and its existing vendor status as a provider of other technology systems to IVRD and authorizing the approval and execution of the CentralSquare Solutions Software Agreement for the IVRD Dispatch Center, and approving and authorizing the expenditure of IVRD funds relative to the agreement. (Miller)

14. PUBLIC FORUM (CITIZEN COMMENTS)

15. 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.

 16. NEXT IVRD MEETING:

10:00 a.m., Tuesday, January 28, 2025.

 17. ADJOURNMENT

https://www.peru.il.us/government/agendas-and-minutes/agendas/illinois-valley-regional-dispatch-board-agendas/illinois-valley-regional-dispatch-board-agendas-2024/6735-illinois-valley-regional-dispatch-board-agenda-12-17-24/file