CESSA - Region 10 Committee Meeting Approved Minutes 05/09/2024

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

Meeting Minutes- May 09, 2024 - 09:00 AM-10:30 AM via Zoom

Meeting Minutes - Approved by Members 09/13/2024

  • Welcome/Call to Order/Roll Call
    • Meeting called to order at 9:01 am by Co-Chair Sam Johnson
    • Attendees:
      • Via Zoom:Sam Johnson, Nancy Vaccaro, Emily Mysel, Jason Seeley, Jenique Dean, Jeremy Gaughan, Christopher Voss, Alicia Atkinson, Candance Gunby, Jodi Newmark
    • Absences :
      • Dr. Ben Feinzimer, Michael Pelligrino, Elizabeth Moss, Miriam Smith, Laura Banks, Thomas Jones
  • ? Approval of Minutes
    • No comment/corrections to the 04/11/2024 meeting minutes.
    • Motion to approve minutes by Member Jeremy Gaughan, second by Member Jason Seeley. 10 ayes, April 11th, 2024, minutes approved.
  • State Updates
    • Joint SAC/RAC meeting face to face in Springfield on May 13th.
    • Brenda Hampton stated she heard that the CESSA extension has been approved and will extend it for one year, through June 2025.
  • Mundelein Pilot
    • Ready to move forward with transferring qualifying calls to 988.
    • Dispatchers will ask a series of questions and if police or EMS is not needed, dispatcher will ask if they would like to be transferred to 988 where they can speak to a counselor instead of a police officer.
    • Working on getting a phone line where 988 can transfer calls back to the Mundelein dispatch center if police or EMS are needed.
    • Pilot will begin 06/01/2024.
  • Future Meeting Dates
    • Move our RAC 10 meetings to every other month starting in July. No comments.
    • Move our meetings from the second Thursday of the month to the third Thursday of the month. Member Candace Gunby stated she could not attend if we changed it to the third Thursday of the month.
    • Co-Chair Sam Johnson will create a poll and send it out to the RAC members on choosing a day of the month to hold the meetings.
    • Motion to change the meetings to every other month starting in July and cancelling the June meeting by Member Jeremy Gaughan, second by Member Jodi Newmark. 10 ayes, motion is approved.
  • Next Meeting Date
    • Next meeting has not been decided but will be in July 2024 via Zoom.
  • Open for Public Comment
    • Charles Petrof - The statue requirements state that the DMH will assist each RAC with creating two plans. The first plan is to provide mental and behavioral health services and the second plan is to decide what should happen if police or EMS response with mobile crisis services. Has there been any work done on these plans?
  • Adjournment
    • Motion to adjourn by Member Nancy Vaccaro second by Member Jodi Newmark. Meeting adjourned at 9:21 am.