CESSA - Region 6 Committee Meeting Approved Minutes 11/19/2024

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

Meeting Minutes - Tuesday 11/19/2024 2:32 PM - 2:59 PM Via Zoom Via Zoom

  • Welcome and Call to Order
    • Meeting called to order at 2:32 PM by John Aguilar
    • Chair and Co-Chair Introduction
  • Roll Call
    • Attendees:
  • Via Zoom: John Aguilar, Joseph King, Lindsay Lansu, Brenda Hampton, Jessica Atassi, Lynn Canfield, Dustin Rhea, Andrew J. Quarnstrom, Jason Hayes, Dustin Heuerman, Megan Cambron, Melissa Pappas, Dena Kidwell, Jennifer Brown, and Betsy Smith
  • Absent: Allan Max Axelrod, Ursulla Idleman, Greg A Chance, Jeffrey Kiesling, James "Cory" Koker, and Amy Marley
  • Public Attendees: Angela Catalano, Matt Henson, Mike Schwenke, Billie Bales, Tammy Seed, and "ABrown"
  • Approval of Minutes
    • No comments/corrections to the 10/22/24 Minutes
    • Motion approved by all members present
  • 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
    • Geo-routing by county
    • Reminder to complete mandatory board and commission trainings for RAC and SAC members; training completion is due by the end of the calendar year
  • PowerPhone Pre-test Update
    • Pre-tests are complete
    • Based on the experience at the Pre-test site, a suggestion was made to allow 988 call centers to attempt to resolve a crisis situation after a call has been referred to them by 911 instead of the 911 centers automatically "dispatching" a Mobile Crisis Response Team
  • This was voted on by the SAC and was passed; future meetings will be conducted in order to edit the Guidance Documents for the Pilot sites
    • Pre-test/Pilot sites for Priority Dispatch have not yet been identified; this opportunity is still available
  • Sub-regional Committee Organization (SRC)
    • Restructuring to approach implementation locally
    • Still in need of identifying Champions within Region 6; barriers include but are not limited to the large size of Region 6
  • Committee members should be looking for Champions in order to stimulate the creation of these SRCs
    • PSAP Listserv Email
    • Sub-regional Committees no longer fall under OMA requirements and therefore do not need to complete the mandatory trainings; this should help with regard to committee development
  • Questions from the Committee
    • None
  • Next meeting will be Tuesday January 21, 2025 from 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
    • John Aguilar held a motion to vote on cancelling the December 17, 2024 meeting to focus on SRC; motion to vote was approved by Andrew J. Quarnstrom and seconded by Jason Hayes
  • Majority of members voted to approve the cancellation of the December 17, 2024 meeting
  • Public Comment
    • None
  • Adjournment
    • John Aguilar called for the meeting to Adjourn at 2:59 PM; motion to adjourn was approved by Jennifer Brown and seconded by Betsy Smith without any opposition