Illinois Valley Times

City of Peru Illinois Valley Regional Dispatch Board met Sept. 29

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

1. CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Jeff King

2. ROLL CALL

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

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 August 26, 2025.

4. PUBLIC FORUM (CITIZEN COMMENTS)

5. COMMUNICATIONS

6. STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS

A) Fire/EMS Operations (Chairman - Maltas. Members – Janick, Rutishauser, King Brown, Bogatitus, Todd, Coppes, Roth, Biagioni)

◦ Update

B) Law Enforcement Operations (Chairman – Bernabei. Members - Smudzinski, Martin Margis, Curran, A., Manicki)

◦ Update

 7. AD HOC COMMITTEE REPORTS

A) Labor Management Committee (Chairman – Duncan. Members – Martin, Curran, Bernabei)

B) Members Fee Structure Committee (Chairman – TBD. Members – Duncan, Bernabei, Mendota TBD, Oglesby TBD, Associate member representation)

◦ Ad Hoc Committee to study and recommend new IVRD fee schedule for members and associate members beginning September 1, 2026.

8. OTHER REPORTS

A) IVRD Executive Director’s Report (Miller)

◦ Update

B) Chairman’s Report (King)

◦ Update

9. FINANCIAL REPORTS/BILLS

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

10. OLD BUSINESS

11. NEW BUSINESS

• Recognize IL-APCO Director of the Year – IVRD Executive Director Brandon Miller

12. RESOLUTIONS & ORDINANCES

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, October 28, 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-2025/7050-illinois-valley-regional-dispatch-board-agenda-09-30-25/file