Iowa APCO Spring Conference Business Meeting

March 28^th, 2007 12:00 P.M. - Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites

4800 Merle Hay Rd., Des Moines Iowa

The 2007 Spring Conference business meeting was called to order at 12:00 by President Judy Flores. Motion was made by Diana Borash, WestCom, to approve the agenda. The motion was seconded by Sandy Morris, Des Moines PD. The agenda was approved with no opposition. Motion was made by Sally Hall, Iowa County, to accept the meeting minutes from the Fall Conference dated October 3^rd, 2006. The motion was seconded by Jill Randolph, Cedar County. Meeting minutes approved.

The next two items on the agenda were the Treasurer’s report and the Executive Council report from the Mid-Year council meeting. The meeting was turned over to Eric Nevins, Treasurer – Des Moines PD. The operating fund for 01/01/06 – 12/31/06 had a total fund income of $26,582.86 and expenses of $20,497.28 resulting in a balance of $11,766.12.

For 01/01/07 – 03/27/07 the operating fund had an income of $1,140.49 and expenses of $2,514.16 for an ending balance of $10,392.45. The Joanne Perkins Scholarship fund for 01/01/06 – 12/31/06 had an income of $2,052.47 and expenses of $724.78 for an ending balance of $10,063.29. The JP Scholarship fund earned interest in the amount of $173.08.

Motion was made to accept the Treasurer’s report by Jan Visser, Dept. of Public Safety, and seconded by Julie Twedt, Hardin County.

The APCO Int’l. Executive Council Meeting was held February 11^th, 2007 in Jacksonville, Florida. The following are bullet points from that executive meeting.

*The Mid-year Executive Council meeting was held in a two-day format. The first day was used to discuss key issues that would need action during the official Council meeting that was held on the second day as well as to receive a variety of reports from committees and staff.

*All chapters were represented with the exception of the Georgia and Kentucky Chapters.

*Executive Director George Rice made a presentation on Saturday that detailed the activities that the Association would take in the coming year to move towards accomplishing the Association’s strategic goals.

*Executive Director George Rice offered some clarification on the Engineer’s Technical Service position in the Comm Center and 9-1-1 Services department that was brought up during the discussion on Saturday. The FY 2008 Budget was approved.

*The creation of an annual award for Training Coordinator of the Year was submitted. It was referred to the Awards Committee, then to the Constitution & Bylaws Committee for review and recommendation to be considered at the August 2007 Executive Council Meeting.

*There will be a forty-eight hour period that the Council will use for discussion purposes on all Significant Action Items as part of the 30 Day approval process.

*Policy Manual Section 10.1 regarding the Purchasing Procedure will be reviewed by the Constitution and Bylaws Committee in conjunction with the Executive Director and the Chief Financial Officer to evaluate any needed changes.

*The Minimum Training Standards for Public Safety Communications Training as recommended by the Call Center Standards Committee was approved.

*The 2014 Annual Conference will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana.

*The Association dues will increase based on the CPI of 2.5% and will take effect on January 1, 2008.

*The BAPCO Affiliation and APCO Australasia Agreements were terminated in lieu of the signing of the Global Alliance Agreement.

*Julie Righter from the Nebraska Chapter showed a CALEA Video to the Council.

*Bob Smith, Comm Center and 9-1-1 Services Director, provided a brief MAAP update to the Council.

*The Pennsylvania Chapter presented a check to the Heritage Foundation in the amount of $14,400.

End of report by Eric Nevins.

The next item on the agenda was committee reports.

Activities & Membership – Wendi Hess, Woodbury County, reported on the Spring Conference membership drive and the new milestone awards that were presented.

Historical – Julie Twedt, Hardin County, reported that she is the only member of the committee and she compiles meeting minutes, takes pictures, updates the scrapbooks,

has possession of the traveling camera, etc…In the future she would like to go to the Communication Centers and get updated photographs with names for the scrapbook.

Training - Sarah McClure, Ames PD, was absent.

Telecommunicator of the Year – Teresa Todd, Washington County, reported on the awards ceremony the previous evening. The committee needs one more member and they plan to have the TOY single award winner serve on the committee the following year.

Frequency Advisor – Rich Hester, ISP Communications, was absent.

Telecommunicator Training Board – Michele Bott, Clinton County, was absent.

***Sandy Morris, Des Moines PD, was present but had no report.

Iowa E911 Council - Sally Hall, Iowa County, reported on reimbursements for mapping projects, rewriting 34A, database standards, pbx system standards, and the upcoming meeting in Coralville at the Police Department May 17^th & 18^th. There will be an evening meeting on the 17^th and a planning session/workshop on Friday the 18^th.

Promotions - vacant

Legislative – Gloria Isham, Scott County, reported that there was no new progress on the issue and that last year’s interest was poor. She explained that it was one shot so timing is very important. She also explained that she was stepping down from the committee due to consolidation reasons.

Strategic Planning – Joe McCarville, Muscom, reported that the plan was a five year plan beginning in January of 2005 so we are two years into it. The committee is to meet again in 6 months. Joe McCarville also explained that he was stepping down from the committee.

Corporate Advisory – vacant

First Responder Advisory - Randy Thompson, Mills County, had submitted a report in writing to Judy Flores. “The FRAC met in January to start working on Homeland Security Grant Justification and Application for 2007. I am serving on the Interoperable Communications committee, headed by John Benson. We are writing grant justification for approximately 1.3 million dollars in Homeland Security Grant monies to keep Interoperable Communications moving forward in Iowa. The Governance legislation that will establish a Board to lead InterOp in Iowa has passed out of committee and should be passed by both houses and signed. The Survey was just issued in the last couple of days and a formal report will be given to the Governance Board in June of this year so they can go to work on July 1, 2007. Part of the request for additional Homeland Security Grant Money is so the Governance Board will have funds available to them to keep working on InterOp Communications. I will not know how much money InterOp Communications will have available until the Grant Application is reviewed by the Federal Government.”

The remaining 15 minutes were to be turned over to Capt. Todd Misel of the Iowa Highway Patrol and Craig Szczutkowski of CTA Communications to talk about the ISIRS Survey.

Motion was made to adjourn by Sandy Morris, Des Moines PD, and seconded by

Chris Moore, Pottawattamie County. Meeting adjourned at 12:45 P.M.

Cara L. Sorrells, Iowa APCO Secretary