CESSA - Region 10 Committee Meeting Approved Minutes 07/13/2023

Community Emergency Services and Support Act (CESSA) Region 10 Advisory Committee

Meeting Minutes- July 13, 2023 - 1:00-2:30 PM via Zoom

Meeting Minutes - Approved by Members 12/14/2023

  • Welcome/Call to Order/Roll Call
    • Meeting called to order at 9:02 am by Co-Chair Sam Johnson
    • Attendees:
      • Via Zoom: Dr. Ben Feinzimer, Sam Johnson, Miriam Smith, Jennifer Brothers, Brian Baker, Elizabeth Moss, Emily Mysel, Alicia Atkinson, Nancy Vaccaro, Jason Seeley, Thomas Jones, Christopher Voss
  • Absences:
    • Laura Banks, Jeremy Gaughan, Jodi Newmark, Michael Pelligrino, Nancy Vaccaro
  • Approval of Minutes
    • No comment/corrections to 06/27/23 meeting minutes.
    • Did rollcall and approval of minutes at the same time.
    • Minutes approved by all members present.
  • State Updates
    • Legislation to extend the CESSA was signed into law on June 27th, 2023.
    • Inaugural quarterly report was delivered to the General Assembly on July 1st, 2023.
    • Using the first quarter of FY24 to develop CESSA implementation plan.
    • PSAP Landscape and Interim Risk Level Matrix are both due at the end of July.
    • Questions:
      • Do we need a matrix for each PSAP or just one matrix for the region?
        • Asantewaa will check with Brenda and get back to us.
  • Questions or Concerns from RAC 10 Members
    • Chair Dr. Ben Feinzimer stated that the hospitals do not have awareness of what we are doing. Need adequate awareness to our community partners. Please think of marketing ideas and the best approach to distribute information to the community.
    • Member Atkinson stated that educating the 911 community in IL on CESSA could be better.
    • Seems like only people working on CESSA know about CESSA. The general public is not aware.
    • Some villages in RAC 10 have put information out on 988 and CESSA in community communications.
  • Next Meeting Date
    • Next meeting will be August 10th, 2023 at 9:00-10:30 am via Zoom.
  • Open for Public Comment
    • Matt Fishback - Other regions did general responses for their risk matrix recommendations. I didn't know that the 590s have already interacted so much with law enforcement.
  • Adjournment
    • Motion to adjourn by Member Brian Baker, second by Member Jason Seeley. Meeting adjourned at 9:58 am.