HomeMy WebLinkAbout20103170.tiff WELD COUNTY E-911 EMERGENCY TELEPHONE
SERVICE AUTHORITY BOARD
June 16, 2010
The Weld County E-911 Emergency Telephone Service Authority Board met in session
on Tuesday, June 16, 2010 at noon.
ROLL CALL:
The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Juan Cruz. Present were Board
Members Juan Cruz, Dave Bressler, Kevin Halloran, Doug Rademacher, Jim Burack,
Gary Sandau and Randy Winsett. Staff members present included Mike Savage, Dave
Mathis, Julie Walde, Robert Olsen and Susan Johnson. Monica Mika and Jerry Anita
Scrams were also present. A quorum existed.
MINUTES:
Doug Rademacher moved, Randy Winsett seconded a motion to approve the minutes of
the May 18th, 2010 meeting, the motion was approved unanimously.
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
The public was invited to comment on business of the E-911 Board, no comments heard.
OLD BUSINESS:
1. Staff Report: Dave Mathis presented Dispatch stats for May 2010 [refer to Sgt.
Mathis' "May 2010 WCRCC Monthly Reports and Personnel Report as of June
10, 20101. Two dispatch candidates have been given conditional offers. Call
volume continues to be below last year's levels.
2. GDR Evaluation: Julie got preliminary information back last week. She is
meeting with County GIS Dan Huerter to clarify some issues and will have more
information on a hard quote back for next month's 911 meeting.
NEW BUSINESS:
1. Treasurer Reports: Randy Winsett presented the May 2010 Treasurer's report.
Doug Rademacher moved, Kevin Halloran seconded a motion to approve the
Treasurer's report, motion carried unanimously. Randy will request the Intrado
unit balance for the next meeting.
2. E-911 Wireless Surcharge: The Board agreed to release our wireless 911
information to Kimberly Culp for the prepaid wireless surcharge funding project.
3. Budget: Juan Cruz distributed copies of the 2008, 2009 and 2010 YTD E-911
budgets.
• Personnel, Supplies and Service: these items will be left as is, including
the GIS and Sys Admin positions currently paid for by the E-911 Board.
After the reorganization of the Criminal Justice I.T. department agreement
is in place, these positions can be re-evaluated.
• Capital Projects: several long-term projects are anticipated:
o Console upgrades-approximately $2 million dollars; we may
apply for DOLA grant funding for this project
(9O/0-3/70
o New Computer Software- an evaluation team will compare
Spillman and Tiburon systems and will make a recommendation
to elected officials in mid to late July
o Fiber Ring Replacement-Anita Scrams presented information
about the Optical Network System (ONS) and explained that it
needed to be replaced for a cost of around $135,000. The fiber
ring is used to connect Weld County to the state radio system.
How the ring is used, who uses it, how it is maintained were all
unanswered questions, which will be updated next month.
o Doug Rademacher moved, Gary Sandau seconded a motion: To
replace the ONS at a cost not to exceed $135,000 unless other
costs dictate and are appropriate, in which case it will come
back to the Board. The motion carried unanimously.
4. 911 Surcharges: Juan Cruz brought it to the Board's attention that the Weld E-
911 Board surcharges should be 70 cents per month, and Verizon charges 75
cents, Qwest is charging 50 cents per month. He will forward a letter to those
companies requesting they correct these charges.
No further business was discussed, Kevin Halloran moved to adjourn, Doug Rademacher
seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously, the meeting adjourned at 12:50 p.m.
Minutes taken by Susan Johnson
To: Captain Mike Savage
Fr: Sergeant David Mathis
Dt: June 10, 2010
Re: May 2010 WCRCC Monthly Report
Personnel:
Authorized: 46 Full-time Dispatchers, 8 Supervisors
Assigned: 42 Full-time dispatchers, 2 part-time Dispatchers (1 FTEs), 8 supervisors
Hourly: 3 non-benefited hourly dispatchers
Vacancies: 3 (effective May 27,2010)
Workload: May
Phone Calls 2010 YTD 2009 YTD % Change YTD
E-911: 8,118 35,780 39,735 - 9.95 %
Non-911 calls: 22,052 99,593 103,491 - 3.77 %
EMD Calls: 1,172 6,361 6,786 - 6.26 %
* Overall, incoming phone calls are DOWN year to date by 5.48 %.
Calls for Service:
Police: 29,714 137,023 136,331 + .51 %
Fire: 2,134 9,635 10,248 - 5.98 %
• Overall, calls for service are UP year to date by .05%.
Additional Information/Projects
• We have two dispatch candidates in the back grounds phase.
• A hire date for these two positions has been set for June 21st.
• We will conduct a new hire testing process June l4`" and 15th and interviews the following week to
establish a list for current and future openings. We presently have about 80 applicants testing.
911 call answering times county-wide for May 2010
• Calls answered in less than 10 seconds: 88.10% (Last year: 92.86%)
Calls answered in less than 15 seconds: 98.29% (Last year: 99.07%)
• Fire dispatch times for May 2010: Initiated to Dispatched
*Less than 1 minute: 59.22% (Last year: 37.15%)
*Less than 90 seconds: 85.87% (Last year: 93.28%)
• This month 35.61% of our 911 calls were wireless.
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