Kendall County Times

Kendall County KenCom Finance Committee met June 20.

Here are the minutes provided by the committee:

Member	Agency	Present	Absent
Josh Flanders	Oswego Fire		X
Brian DeBolt	Kendall County Board Member		X
Mike Peters	KCSO	X
Mike Rennels	City of Plano	X
Larry Nelson	Member At Large	X
Jason Bastin	Oswego Police		X
Ray Mikolasek	Yorkville PD	X

Others present: Lynette Bergeron, KenCom Director; Gina Belmont, KenCom Assistant Director; Bonnie Walters, KenCom Executive Assistant.

Larry Nelson called the meeting to order and requested a roll call of the membership. A roll call was taken with four of the seven members present, which resulted in having a quorum for voting purposes.

Nelson called for a motion to approve the agenda. Peters made a motion to approve the agenda as written, seconded by Mikolasek. Discussion. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.

Public Comment – None

Nelson called for Correspondence – None

Staff Report: Bergeron gave a Personnel Report as follows: KenCom welcomes our new employee, Joshua Wilson, who starts on June 24th. KenCom has one employee in Phase 2 of the training program and will soon move to the final shadow phase. One trainee did not make it through KenCom’s training program. One employee is on a short-term FMLA. Melissa Lardi has retired and her last day has already occurred. The hiring process has started for three new employees, one vacancy, and the allotted plus two. Brooke Gatto was awarded KenCom’s Telecommunicator of the Year for 2024 by her peers. We congratulate her and appreciate her vibrant personality and dedication to the KenCom team. Jennette Welter-Fichtel, Ashely Conrad, and Bristol Kendall Fire District were awarded Rush Copley’s Cardiac Run of the Year Award. An awards dinner was held on June 3rd, 2025. Congratulations to all. Training as follows: In-house training for May is reviewing the functionality of our mapping system. In-house training for June is TTY. Jaymee Goodspeed attended Peer Support Training, adding a 3rd member to KenCom’s Peer Support Team. Pamela, Gina, and Lynette attended a training session for our NICE Recording System and learned a lot about features we were unaware of. Supervisor Jenny Haske is taking the online APCO Supervisor Training Course. Pamela Hurtig and Gina Belmont are registered for the APCO 2024 Conference in Orlando, FL this August. Project Updates as follows: CESSA meetings continue. During the last Protocols and Standards meeting, they advised that the protocol changes would be pre-tested before the Pilot Site programs started, and they are moving away from planning and toward implementation. GovQa has been purchased and went live on Friday, May 17th. Misc. Information as follows: Intrado has been working to resolve the outgoing text issue since the State of Illinois Text to 911 project went live in March. There is a meeting scheduled for Monday, June 17th, to try and identify the issue. Gina Belmont attended Oswego’s Citizen Police Academy on May 9th providing education on 911 and the community. Text to 9-1-1 totals for May is 26.

Closed Session Minutes but do not release – Rennels made a motion to approve the May 16th, 2024 closed session meeting minutes but do not release, seconded by Peters. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.

Consent Agenda – Nelson called for approval of the consent agenda. Mikolasek made a motion, seconded by Rennels to approve the consent agenda, which includes approval of the May 2024 Treasurer’s Reports for the Surcharge and Operating Funds and the May 16th, 2024 Finance Committee Minutes. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.

Nelson called for the Standing Committee Reports:

Personnel Committee Report – No Report.

Strategic Planning Committee Report – No Report.

Operations Board Report – Bergeron stated with Josh Flanders no longer being on the Operations Board, he was the alternate for the Finance Committee and the primary on Personnel Committee for the Operations Board. After a vote, Scott McCarty from Bristol Kendall Fire will be the alternate on the Finance Committee and Cliff Fox from the Village of Newark will be the new primary member on the Personnel Committee.

Finance Committee Report:

Approval of Bills:

Operation Bills – Peters made a motion to approve the June 2024 Operation Bills, in the amount of, $195,811.19, seconded by Mikolasek. Discussion. A roll call vote was taken with all four members present voting aye. Motion carried.

Surcharge Bills – Mikolasek made a motion to approve the June 2024 Surcharge Bills, in the amount of, $321,709.48, seconded by Rennels. Discussion. A roll call was taken with all four members present voting aye. Motion carried.

Anticipated Expenses – None.

Nelson called for Old Business:

Discussion of UHF Frequency for Oswego Township Road District – No Report.

Discussion of UHF for Kendall County Forest Preserve – No Report.

Second Tower – Public Safety Center – No Report.

211 Update – No Report

Investment for ETSB Funds – Nelson gave an update on the current CD’s.

Future KenCom Expansion – No Report

Pace Scheduler – Bergeron stated the Sheriff’s Office is looking to move forward with Pace and KenCom is looking to get a quote to move forward with Pace Scheduler.

KenCom Restitution – Nelson stated they received restitution in a court order in the amount of $23,000 from the data breach on KenCom.

Any other Old Business – Bergeron stated the Illinois 9-1-1 Advisory Board met. They hired a company, Crow, to do a study of all the Surcharge revenue that is being collected in the state of Illinois and have gone to other states to see how it is being disbursed. They are using the annual financial reporting that we submit to the state annually. They are going to come up with a different formula to start disbursing surcharge revenue and that is concerning. There was pushback at the Advisory Board meeting. Bergeron was approached by the State of Illinois to sit on the Advisory Board for a County of more than 100,000 and less than 250,000 people, as a representation for 911, and she did submit her resume.

Nelson called for New Business:

Finance Committee Closed Session Audio Destruction – Rennels made a motion to approve the closed session audio destruction for the October 20, 2022 and October 27, 2022 meeting, seconded by Mikolasek

Other New Business – None

Other Business – None

Closed Session – None

Action after Closed Session – None

Nelson stated the next Finance Committee meeting is Thursday, July 18th, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. at the Kendall County Public Safety Building, Lower Level Emergency Operations Center. Mikolasek made a motion to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Peters. All members present voting aye. Motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 9:33 a.m.

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