Meeting Minutes – Michigan NENA May 21, 2002
Amway Grand Plaza Hotel, Grand Rapids, MI
President Mike Sexton called the meeting to order at 5:30 PM during the Annual 9-1-1 Conference held at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel with 45 present. Members in attendance:
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NAME |
REPRESENTING |
NAME |
REPRESENTING |
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Connie Shepperd |
Auburn Hills PD |
Dan Bateman |
MSP – Metro Dispatch |
|
Mary Griffin |
Auburn Hills PD |
Gene Adamczyk |
MSP Communicaitons |
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Gary Brozewski |
Bay County 911 |
Tom Valdez |
MSP Gaylord |
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Kathy Plachetzki |
Belleville PD |
Ron Bonneau |
NENA RVP |
|
Ellen DeView |
Birmingham Police |
Christina Russell |
Oakland Co. Sheriff |
|
Frank Grant |
Birmingham Police |
Berry Zeeman |
Oakland County |
|
Stephen Seitz |
ComCare |
Patricia Coates |
Oakland County |
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Cathy McCormick |
Community EMS |
Lloyd Fayling |
Genesee County |
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Marsha Bianconi |
Conf of W. Wayne |
Dawn LaCasse |
OSSI |
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Lance Langdon |
East Lansing PD |
Janice Gallipo |
Pontiac PD |
|
Paul Rogers |
Eaton County |
Vince Foisy |
Rochester Hills |
|
Robert Stahelin |
Eaton County |
John Bawol |
Roscommon County |
|
Ron MacDonald |
Hillsdale County 911 |
Tom McIntyre |
Saginaw County 911 |
|
Bob Currier |
Intrado |
Vickie Stuart |
Saginaw County 911 |
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Steve Ryskamp |
Kalamazoo Co Central |
Joe Cousineau |
SBC/Ameritech |
|
Pox Relyeu |
Lansing PD |
Mike Sexton |
Sexton & Associates |
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Karen Chadwick |
Lansing/Ingham County |
Brian Retzler |
Shelby Twp PD |
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Bruce Pollock |
Livingston Co 911 |
Michael Duvall |
Shelby Twp PD |
|
Pam Matelski |
Mackinac County 911 |
Michael Asu |
Shiawassee County 911 |
|
Christopher Rojem |
Macomb County Sheriff |
Andy Goldberger |
St. Joseph County 911 |
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Tom Altland |
Mason-Oceana 911 |
Bill Langston |
Sterling Heights PD |
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Suzan Hensel |
Midland County 911 |
Al Kear |
Verizon |
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Harvey Becker |
Montcalm County 911 |
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Minutes of the previous meeting held in February at Eaton County were read and approved.
Treasurer Andy Goldberger presented his financial report. In addition the annual audit letter from Bradley M. Whaley, CPA with no concerns noted or modifications necessary was received. On a motion by Bianconi to accept and place on file; supported by Rogers. Motion carried.
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General Account |
$ 16, 068.15 |
|
Conference Account |
45, 869.96 |
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Certificates of Deposit |
0.00 |
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Savings Demand Account |
10, 174.14 |
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|
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Balance on Hand |
$ 72, 112.25 |
REPORT OF COMMITTEES
Conference committee
Vice President and Conference Chair Hensel deferred to Mr. Currier for a brief report on this years conference. Currier reported total attendance at 301; 38 of a possible 41 booth spaces were sold with 36 total exhibitors; and there were 10 corporate sponsors for this year’s event. Site reviews will be conducted and a determination made by the board of directors for next years dates, site and format made prior to the next Chapter meeting.
ETSC Report by Paul Rogers
ETSC meeting was held earlier in the conference so Mr. Rogers did not go into great detail on that meeting. Items of note were discussions with legislators on the $0.03 fund in the 9-1-1- statute; and that 60 of 83 counties in Michigan were either receiving or in the process of deployment of Phase 1 services.
Paul did report the meetings of the task force assembled of Public Safety interest to review the issues related to the SBC/Ameritech proposed tariff filing on wireless call delivery surcharges. Paul indicated that all organizations involved were opposed to the proposed tariff. Doug VanEssen had been contacted for counsel on the matter and made recommendations of how to proceed in an attempt to block or modify the filing. APCO, MAC, MML, MCDA and MSA are all considering funding of a legal fund to oppose the tariff when filed. Motion by McCormick to set aside up to $1,500 in funds to assist with legal costs related to the opposition of the tariff. MCDA to be the lead group in this effort. Supported by Fayling.
In Favor: 43; Opposed: 0; Abstentions: Currier, Sexton (2). Motion carried.
OLD BUSINESS
9-1-1 Hero’s Program
This year’s program was deemed a success and the cost to the chapter was approximately $1,500. In the coming year, nominations will be able to be submitted via the chapter web site in electronic format.
NEW BUSINESS
National Conference
Indianapolis is the site for this year’s annual National Conference June 16th to 19th. Chapter sends the President and also pays ½ of the Treasurer’s costs for attendance at National. There were no applications for the grants authorized by the membership for this years conference. The Board recommended sending Paul Rogers, NENA’s ETSC appointee and also raffling one (1) full scholarship to the conference.
APCO Homeland Security Summit
APCO will be holding a national Homeland Security summit in Washington DC on June 5th. On a motion by Harvey Becker, supported by Paul Rogers; Michigan NENA will reimburse costs incurred for one representative to attend on NENA’s behalf. MCU.
Regional Vice President Report
Ron Bonneau was in attendance and congratulated the Hero’s Committee and Chapter for one of the best local programs he has seen to date.
On the SBC/Ameritech tariff filing, Michigan is not alone in concerns and Ron indicated that Michigan is very aggressive and will be watched by other states as this proceeds..
Ron announced the creation of a legislative affairs person at National and introduced Steve Seitz as our new person to represent NENA at a national level in this position. Steve’s appointment is to be effective June 1, 2002.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:15 PM; the next meeting will be held in Petoskey at CCE Central Dispatch on July 10, 2002.
Respectfully submitted,
Robert C. Currier, ENP
Chapter Secretary