CESSA - Region 6 Committee Meeting Approved Minutes 03/18/2025

Meeting Minutes - Tuesday 03/18/2025 2:31 PM - 2:52 PM Via Zoom Via Zoom

• Welcome and Call to Order
  • Meeting called to order at 2:31 pm by John Aguilar
  • Chair and Co-Chair Introduction
• Roll Call
  • Attendees:
• Via Zoom: John Aguilar, Joseph King, Brenda Hampton, Jessica Atassi, Lynn Canfield, Dustin Rhea, Andrew J. Quarnstrom, Melissa Pappas, and Jennifer Brown
• Absent: Allan Max Axelrod, Ursulla Idleman, Jeffrey Kiesling, Jason Hayes, Dustin Heuerman, James "Cory" Koker, Amy Marley, Megan Cambron, Dena Kidwell, and Betsy Smith
• Public Attendees: Mandy Brown and Elizabeth Miner
• Approval of Minutes
  • Quorum not met; unable to approve the November 19, 2024, January 21, 2025, and February 18, 2025 meeting minutes.
• Open Meetings Act
  • Members were advised that the meetings are subject to the Illinois Open Meetings Act.
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  • 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.
• RAC Membership Annual Training Reminder
  • John Aguilar reminded RAC 6 members that these trainings should be completed by the end of 2025
• State Updates
  • Brenda Hampton provided positive feedback regarding the RAC 6 Summit that took place on March 6, 2025
  • Brenda Hampton discussed the merger between DASA and SUPR that will be taking place on July 1, 2025
  • Brenda Hampton reminded members that the Total Response/PowerPhone pilot began on January 29, 2025, the Priority Dispatch Pre-test began on March 3, 2025, and the Priority Dispatch pilot will begin on April 1, 2025
• There will be no data analysis until the pilots have concluded - This data will likely be available sometime in August 2025
• Pre-test and Pilot Updates
  • John Aguilar mentioned that all nine pilot sites officially launched as of late February 2025
  • Touch Base Meeting (Frequency)
• PSAP Administrators (Weekly)
• 988 Centerstone (Bi-weekly)
• MCRT Project Directors (Bi-Weekly)
• Priority Dispatch/APCO Updates
  • Priority Dispatch
• Pre-test began with four pilot sites on March 3, 2025
• Pilots meeting and planning to kick off on April 1, 2025
• Discussed Richland County not being able to participate as a pilot site for Region 6 - Per Crisis Hub, we do not need to attempt to find another pilot site for our Region
  • APCO
• Reviewing Protocols
• Identifying Sites
• Final Priority Dispatch Pretest & Pilot Sites
  • John Aguilar shared slides detailing different regions and their corresponding MCRTs, suggested Priority Dispatch PSPSs, and Pre-test sites
• Pilot Flow Charts (Total Response)
  • Flow Chart - 911 to 988 Transfer
  • Flow Chart - Warm Handoff
• Subregional Committees (SRCs) and Subregional Committees (SRCs) Growth Chart
  • Unable to approve Richland County or Clay County subregional committees
• RAC 6 Summit Recap
• Next Steps
  • Upcoming RAC Co-Chairs Meetings:
• April 2, 2025 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
• May 7, 2025 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
  • SRC roll-out by March 2025 (pilot sites)
  • Continue supporting SRC formation within Region 6
  • Continue seeking and reviewing data from Pre-test and Pilot sites
  • Find other ways to better solicit quorum
• Questions from the Committee
  • None
• Next meeting will be Tuesday April 15, 2025 from 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
• Public Comment
  • Elizabeth Minor provided positive feedback regarding the RAC 6 Summit that took place on March 6, 2025
• Adjournment
  • John Aguilar called for the meeting to Adjourn at 2:52 PM without opposition