CESSA - Region 6 Committee Meeting Approved Minutes 06/18/2024

Community Emergency Services and Support Act (CESSA) Region 6 Advisory Committee

Meeting Minutes - June 18, 2024 - 2:30-3:00 PM via Zoom

Meeting Minutes - Approved by Members 09/17/2024

  • Welcome and Call to Order
    • Meeting called to order at 2:30 pm by John Aguilar
    • Chair and Co-Chair Introduction
  • Roll Call
    • Attendees:
      • Via Zoom: John Aguilar, Joseph King, Allan Max Axelrod, Megan Cambron, Melissa Pappas, Jennifer Brown, Steve Bennett, Lindsay Lansu and Betsy Smith
      • Absent: Dustin Rhea, Ursulla Idleman, Andrew Quanstrom, Greg A Chance, Jeffrey Kiesling, Dustin Heuerman, James "Cory" Koker, Jeffrey Dean Ray and Amy Marley
      • Public Attendees: Angela Catalano, Mike Schwenke, Steve Peters, MJ Martin, Shelley Peelman and Jessica Gimano
  • Approval of Minutes
    • No Quorum - Minutes from 5/21/24 were not approved
  • Open Meetings Act
    • Members were advised that the meetings are subject to the Illinois Open Meetings Act.
    • Meetings are recorded and you have the option to switch your camera off if you choose to.
    • A copy of this recording and minutes will be posted to the Illinois Department of Human Services/Division of Mental Health Open Meetings Page.
    • All participants are muted to reduce interference of background noise.
    • Please make note of the raise hand feature. Appointed Committee Members wishing to contribute to the discussion will be asked to raise their hand and then will be unmuted to speak. Public members will raise their hand and comment during the public comment section to provide input.
  • State Updates
    • The legislation for CESSA has been extended out until July 1, 2025
    • John Aguilar discussed attending the Behavioral Health Forum in Chicago on 6/11/24 and how helpful it was all that it entailed. Angela Catalano also spoke briefly on attending also
    • There will be no official SAC or RAC meetings in July and August but workgroups can continue
    • John Aguilar apologized but there would be no state representation on the call due to Brenda Hampton being on vacation
    • John Aguilar gave up to date information on the Pre-Pilot locations for PowerPhone for PSAPS and also discussed that after those 45 days, there would then be pilot locations.
  • Survey Update and Feedback on Training Plans
    • John Aguilar confirmed that RAC 6 feedback was already submitted to the state and nothing new to report.
  • Updates with Hyperlocal Planning Groups
    • Joseph King discussed he would be happy to go to any meetings outside of the area to help more with getting hyper-local groups started.
    • Joseph King discussed the hyper-local meeting he and Angela Catalano had with Coles County and what it entailed and how things will move forward.
  • Questions from the Committee
    • None
  • Next meeting will be Tuesday June 18th, 2024 from 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
  • Public Comment
    • MJ Martin (Cumberland County PSAP) discussed that they are a pre-pilot site for PowerPhone.
    • MJ Martin discussed how the process has been going and what meetings and such were had to get it going.
    • MJ Martin answered questions from those on the call regarding the pre-pilot
  • Adjournment
    • John Aguilar called for the meeting to Adjourn at 3:20 PM without any opposition.