# Meeting Events

Meeting: `aipoqwxg9ou.stephenson_county_il_public_property_safety_committee_meeting_3-10-26`

Meeting date: `2026-03-10`

Meeting type: `public_property_safety_committee`

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## Decisions and Votes

- **Approval of claims**
  - **Summary:** Motion to approve claims was made by Mixed News and seconded by Mr. Busker.
  - **Evidence:** “Moved by Mixed News, seconded by Mr. Busker”
  - **Evidence:** “all in favor? All in favor?”
  - **Source timestamp:** [01:29](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIpOqwXG9oU&t=89s)

- **Motion to move on Mr. Busker**
  - **Summary:** The vote on the motion to move on Mr. Busker was taken.
  - **Evidence:** “I entertain a motion to move on Mr. Busker, seconded by Mr. Newton.”
  - **Evidence:** “All in favor? Aye. All in favor?”
  - **Source timestamp:** [17:06](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIpOqwXG9oU&t=1026s)

## Procedural Actions

- **Approval of tonight's agenda**
  - **Summary:** Motion to approve tonight's agenda was made by Mr. Busker and seconded by Mr. Newton.
  - **Evidence:** “I'll take a motion for approval of tonight's agenda. So moved. Moved by Mr. Busker. Second. Seconded by Mr. Newton.”
  - **Source timestamp:** [00:29](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIpOqwXG9oU&t=29s)

- **Approval of minutes for February 10th, 2026**
  - **Summary:** Minutes for February 10th, 2026 were moved by Mr. Busker and seconded by Mr. Moon.
  - **Evidence:** “Okay, we're gonna approve of any minutes for February 10th, 2026. So we'll be moved by Mr. Busker, seconded by Mr. Moon.”
  - **Source timestamp:** [00:48](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIpOqwXG9oU&t=48s)

## Financial and Contract Events

- **EMPG grant funding status**
  - **Summary:** The speaker received all money applied for for fiscal year 2024/2025, receiving a check in February that capped their total at $22,344.
  - **Evidence:** “I received all of the money back that we applied for for fiscal year 2024. Here, 2025. I received a check in February that capped our total at $22,344, which is what we applied for.”
  - **Source timestamp:** [06:21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIpOqwXG9oU&t=381s)

## Presentations and Reports

- **Sheriff's Department report**
  - **Summary:** The Sheriff's Department reported having four officers still in the FTO program and two at school who will graduate in April. They also held a merit commission interview with seven corrections officers.
  - **Evidence:** “Right now we have four in the FTO program still. We still have two at school, they'll be graduating in April. We held a merit commission interview last night. We had seven corrections officers that interviewed, all looked to be good candidates.”
  - **Source timestamp:** [01:40](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIpOqwXG9oU&t=100s)

- **Fire Department training and drills**
  - **Summary:** Deputy Director Moorswine attended the Illinois Fire Service Institute and Pritzker Police Dept., receiving training on active shooter incident command and school safety violent event incident training on February 12th and 13th. Additionally, a mass casualty tabletop drill was held at FHN Mercy Health by Nightpark on February 25th.
  - **Evidence:** “Deputy Director Moorswine attended the Illinois Fire Service Institute and Pritzker Police Dept. Posted an active shooter incident command and school safety violent event incident training on February 12th and 13th, two days out of Highland. It was two fold. The first day was your court law enforcement. Second day was church, or it was a school system then school. He was a supervisor. He worked out really well. The training was excellent. Robin was very impressed with that time's loss path. I think we're going to try to do more of that in the future. Trying to boot up our Stephenson County ERT team and so forth and so on. Uh, another training that we attended was obviously the annual, uh, we had here. It was a mass casualty tabletop drill held at FHN Mercy Health, put on by Nightpark, uh, that was on February 25th.”
  - **Source timestamp:** [02:27](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIpOqwXG9oU&t=147s)

- **Upcoming and ongoing training initiatives**
  - **Summary:** Upcoming trainings include the Homeland Security and Exercise Evaluation Program training on April 1st and 2nd at the County Courthouse. NIMS training for senior officials and appointed officials is scheduled before May 16th on a Saturday morning.
  - **Evidence:** “We have our upcoming training, which is the Homeland Security and Exercise Evaluation Program training on April 1st and 2nd at the County Courthouse. That is still on schedule, on track to happen. We are still working on trying to get a date for the senior officials and appointed officials NIMS training. This will happen before May 16th. It'll be on a Saturday morning.”
  - **Source timestamp:** [03:44](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIpOqwXG9oU&t=224s)

- **Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) system upgrade**
  - **Summary:** A new system is being developed to automatically send weather incidents from the county/city dispatchers into the National Weather Service in Davenport as soon as it is typed into their system.
  - **Evidence:** “So we're working on a system that we'll be able to automatically send our weather incidents to the national weather service in Davenport as soon as the dispatch arrives and types it into their system, it'll automatically email that and let them know, hypothetically, if we have flash flooding, if we have Tornado on the ground, if we have snow in excess, whatever report comes in. And it becomes a report via police or fire and what on the National Water Service”
  - **Source timestamp:** [04:51](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIpOqwXG9oU&t=291s)

- **Railroad training opportunities**
  - **Summary:** The railroad organization offers professional trainings, including one for Freeport fire and a division hazmat team on a volley charge on Tuesday, April 14th, and three dates set up in Lena for rural fire departments.
  - **Evidence:** “There was a couple coming up Freeport fire and a division hazmat team is going to be training on a volley charge in Freeport on Thursday, uh, on Tuesday, the 14th of April, and then out in the ethanol plant in Lena, they have actually three dates set up for the rural fire departments to attend.”
  - **Source timestamp:** [05:34](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIpOqwXG9oU&t=334s)

## Metrics

- **Coroner's report statistics for February 2026**
  - **Summary:** February saw 49 total deaths, with six on scene, one autopsy performed, 16 death certificates signed by the coroner, and 33 by a doctor. There were 42 natural causes deaths, and six pending investigation.
  - **Evidence:** “Coroner's report. February, there were 49 total deaths. There were six call-outs or six deaths on scene. There was one autopsy. 16 Death certificates were signed off by the coroner, 33 by a doctor, 42 were natural causes, and six deaths are pending Investigation.”
  - **Source timestamp:** [10:18](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIpOqwXG9oU&t=618s)

- **Comparison of total deaths between January and February**
  - **Summary:** Total deaths in February (49) were down from January's total of 59.
  - **Evidence:** “And those stats are all down from January, which is amazing. They're down from January? Yep. Total deaths in January are 59 or 49 in February.”
  - **Source timestamp:** [10:18](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIpOqwXG9oU&t=618s)

## Discussion

- **Future grant funding status**
  - **Summary:** The federal government part of the funding is currently shut down, and the county is still waiting for the fiscal year 2025 grant to come through.
  - **Evidence:** “Right now, federal government for that part is shut down. So there'll be no more monies being allocated. So, Stephenson County, we're fortunate to get ours. There are a lot of counties out there that are not being fully funded at this point. And we're We're still waiting for fiscal year 2025 grant to come through.”
  - **Source timestamp:** [06:34](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIpOqwXG9oU&t=394s)

- **Illinois Emergency Services Management Association (IISMA)**
  - **Summary:** The speaker noted that the county passed a resolution to be involved with IISMA, an Illinois organization.
  - **Evidence:** “One is IISMA, it's Illinois Emergency Services Management Association. This is a longstanding organization that's been in the emergency management business for many years. I'm told, I have not found it yet, but I have not put a lot of time looking into it yet, but I'm told that our county did reach and pass a resolution to be involved.”
  - **Source timestamp:** [07:15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIpOqwXG9oU&t=435s)

- **Illinois Emergency Services Management Association (IISMA) agreement research**
  - **Summary:** The speaker is researching a mutual aid agreement with IISMA for county-to-county exchange of material type things and equipment.
  - **Evidence:** “One is IISMA, it's Illinois Emergency Services Management Association. This is a longstanding organization that's been in the emergency management business for many years... It's basically a mutual aid agreement, is what this is. It's for county to county, I. E. If I needed something from Winnebago County, if we were part of this and we had a signed agreement, we could exchange mostly material type things, equipment, okay?”

- **Illinois Institute of Management System (IIMS) agreement research**
  - **Summary:** The speaker is researching a mutual aid agreement with IIMS for 13 counties in Northwest Illinois Region 2, covering equipment and personnel.
  - **Evidence:** “And very similar is the Illinois Institute of Management System, which is another organization. This one's a little different. This one is a mutual aid agreement for the 13 counties in Northwest Illinois Region 2. That also includes equipment and also includes like personnel.”
  - **Source timestamp:** [08:15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIpOqwXG9oU&t=495s)

- **School shooting training status**
  - **Summary:** The speaker stated they are currently conducting active shooter type of training in all county schools, instigated by rural fire chiefs and spirited by the city of Freeport police department.
  - **Evidence:** “And right now I'm doing all the training in all of our county schools for. Um, active shooter type of stuff. Yeah, that this particular class was kind of instigated, instigated, I believe, by the fire chiefs, rural fire chiefs in the county that want to have some kind of training, uh, and it was spirited by the city of Freeport, uh, police department.”
  - **Source timestamp:** [09:52](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIpOqwXG9oU&t=592s)

- **Upcoming NACO convention dates and costs**
  - **Summary:** The upcoming summer NACO convention is in New Orleans in mid-July, towards the weekend, and was bumped up to $5,000 per county.
  - **Evidence:** “You probably hear this again, but the upcoming summer NACO's convention is in New Orleans, and we bumped up the, I don't think if you got that, we bumped it up to $5,000 a county to get extra people to go, sorry. What month is that? It's in July, mid-July, towards the weekend, first couple days of the week.”
  - **Source timestamp:** [11:22](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIpOqwXG9oU&t=682s)

- **UCCI Legislative dates**
  - **Summary:** The UCCI event is scheduled for April 14th and 15th, which will be packed due to both House and Senate being in session.
  - **Evidence:** “Just a couple to keep in mind April 14th and 15th, you probably already know about that, but just put it out there. It's the UCCI Legislative, and it's a joint event between the Chicago Association, which is ISECO, and UCCI, and 14th and 15th, it's going to be packed in state because both the House and Senate are in session.”
  - **Source timestamp:** [14:41](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIpOqwXG9oU&t=881s)

- **Interview process for new office position**
  - **Summary:** The speaker confirmed interviewing Tom Neschke with Mr. Bush and Mr. Hadley to gauge his ideas for the board.
  - **Evidence:** “We spoke with Tom Neschke yesterday, myself, Mr. Bush and Mr. Hadley. We've interviewed him.”
  - **Source timestamp:** [12:22](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIpOqwXG9oU&t=742s)

- **Recommendation timeline for new office position**
  - **Summary:** The recommendation was unanimous that Tom would be put in the position after March 17th, with a projection date of around April 1st, serving as an appointed official until November 5th when he would be elected.
  - **Evidence:** “Our recommendation at the time was unanimous that Tom would be put in that position after March 17th, uh, with a projection date of around April 1st and then he would be in that position as a appointed until November 5th when he would be elected and he is on the ballot.”
  - **Source timestamp:** [12:50](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIpOqwXG9oU&t=770s)

- **Resolution timing for wage discussions**
  - **Summary:** The resolution to discuss wages is not expected this year, but rather in the spring of '27 (180 days prior to election).
  - **Evidence:** “So I guess the only question I had was how serious are you for the I think a lot of times people want to get into a position, they want to get in there by what it's about. Then they lose interest. So that was my major concern, you know, was he going to stay? So, yeah. Yeah. And I think one of the other questions that us three had without Tom in the room, is when is the resolution up that the wages can be discussed? Is that this year? No, I don't think so. We're only halfway through the term, I believe. So it'd be 27, the spring of 27. It's 180 days prior to the election, I think.”
  - **Source timestamp:** [12:50](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIpOqwXG9oU&t=770s)

- **Deputy increase for NAFTA**
  - **Summary:** The question regarding an increase in NAFTA for his deputy was addressed by noting that budget items are addressed every year.
  - **Evidence:** “And another question came up far as per Dean for his deputy. Increase the NAFTA. Did it, I believe he presented. He presented it through the budget. Yeah. Okay. So that's something that, you know, budget gets addressed every year.”
  - **Source timestamp:** [14:20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIpOqwXG9oU&t=860s)

- **Upcoming events and scheduling notes**
  - **Summary:** The speaker noted several upcoming dates: April 14th and 15th for the UCCI Legislative joint event; NACO convention from July 17th through the 22nd; and the annual UCCI event on July 26th, 27th, and 28th.
  - **Evidence:** “Just a couple to keep in mind April 14th and 15th, you probably already know about that, but just put it out there. It's the UCCI Legislative, and it's a joint event between the Chicago Association, which is ISECO, and UCCI, and 14th and 15th, it's going to be packed in state because both the House and Senate are in session. So, everybody's in town. So, if you're going to go, make a reservation because hotels are going to be gone. Now, I think Mr. Bush, myself, don't know that anybody else has gotten back to us on it yet. We keep talking about it. So, that's the only issue is hotels will be challenging if you stay the night. On that other piece, in July, we have the annual NACO convention, again, that's the 17th through the 22nd, so again, we've added more money in case somebody wants to go, you'll see, if you haven't got an email about how they don't do it. So, and then the annual golf outing, the annual UCCI event is 26th, 27th, 28th of July.”

- **Potential delegation trip to Washington DC**
  - **Summary:** The speaker mentioned considering a delegation trip to Washington DC for an Illinois delegation of County Board members, which would likely happen in the fall.
  - **Evidence:** “One other thing that we may take delegation to Washington DC, we're looking at doing that. We have just an Illinois delegation of County Board members. So that if you're, if you're thinking you might want to do that, that'll happen, probably, I believe, at all. It'll be in the fall.”
  - **Source timestamp:** [16:43](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIpOqwXG9oU&t=1003s)

## Follow-ups

- **IISMA mutual aid agreement documentation**
  - **Summary:** The speaker will research the best format for the IISMA agreement (MOU vs. resolution) and may present findings to the council next month.
  - **Evidence:** “I'm going to research this. There's some pushback on, on our region level as to say, as to why we need to have this in resolution form, maybe a memorandum of understanding might be a little easier to do and serve the same purpose. So I'm researching this. I may be back with this next month to take to the council and ask for your approval on, but I'm just not ready to do that right now.”
  - **Source timestamp:** [07:54](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIpOqwXG9oU&t=474s)

- **IIMS mutual aid agreement documentation**
  - **Summary:** The speaker will continue researching the IIMS agreement next week or two and plan a presentation about it next month.
  - **Evidence:** “Again, we're still looking at maybe a memorandum of understanding would be better suited versus resolution. But both supply sample language cannot be deviated from, that's the problem... I'm going to continue to research this a little bit more here next week or two. And I'll make a presentation next month about pursuing this footwear and that is all I have.”