Illinois Valley Times

City of Peru Regional Dispatch Board will meet April 29

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, Kolowski, Margis, Martin, McDermott, Rutishauser, Smudzinski, Vice Chairman King, Chairman Popurella

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

3. MINUTES

• Approve IVRD Meeting minutes of March 25, 2025.

4. PUBLIC FORUM (CITIZEN COMMENTS)

5. COMMUNICATIONS

• Motion to receive and place on file communication from the City of Mendota appointing Mendota Police Chief Jason Martin to serve on the IVRD Board effective April 22, 2025.

6. STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS

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

○ Update

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

○ Update

7. AD HOC COMMITTEE REPORTS

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

 8. OTHER REPORTS

A) IVRD Executive Director’s Report (Miller)

○ Update

B) Chairman’s Report (Popurella)

○ Update

9. FINANCIAL REPORTS/BILLS

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

10. OLD BUSINESS

11. NEW BUSINESS

• Nomination and election of IVRD Chairman from the City of Peru for two-year term effective May 1, 2025 and to expire April 30, 2027.

• Nomination and election of IVRD Vice Chairman from the City of LaSalle for two-year term effective May 1, 2025 and to expire April 30, 2027.

12. RESOLUTIONS & ORDINANCES

Motion to approve an amended ordinance approving and authorizing the execution of an addendum to the intergovernmental agreement that established the “Illinois Valley Regional Dispatch” to approve the Dalzell Fire Protection District as an associate member and to provide dispatch services to the Dalzell Fire Protection District (Illinois Valley Regional Dispatch, La Salle County, Illinois)

*This is an amendment/update to “Exhibit A - the Annual Services Fee Schedule”

13. PUBLIC FORUM (CITIZEN COMMENTS)

14. 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.

15. NEXT IVRD MEETING:

10:00 a.m., Tuesday, May 27, 2025.

16. ADJOURNMENT

https://www.peru.il.us/government/agendas-and-minutes/agendas/illinois-valley-regional-dispatch-board-agendas/illinois-valley-regional-dispatch-board-agendas-2025/6890-illinois-valley-regional-dispatch-board-agenda-04-29-25/file