MINUTES
Board of Directors Meeting
Jasper County Emergency Services
February 5th, 2025
Chairman Dagnan called the meeting to order at 12:17 p.m. The meeting was held at the Jasper County Emergency Services Center at 13870 Dispatch Lane Carthage, MO as per public notice. Present in addition to Chairman Dagnan, Director Alvin Peavler, Director Brandy Corum, Director Dan Stanley, Director Bill Hawkins, Director Steve Weaver, and Director Jeremiah Norton.
Representing staff – Deputy Director (DD) Brandon McClintock, Operations Manager (OM) Amber Madison, Office Support Clerk (OSC) Catherine Kho, and Systems Manager (SM) Steven Williams.
Representing Public – Alan Talkington with TUSA
Review and Action of Meeting Minutes
Open/Closed meeting minutes for December 30rd, 2024, were reviewed.
Closed meeting minutes for January 7th, 2025, were reviewed.
Director Norton motioned to approve the open and closed session meeting minutes for December 30th, 2024 and January 7th, 2025. Director Stanley seconded the motion. Vote: 7-0. The motion was adopted.
Public Comment and Correspondence
No public comment.
Financial Report and Payment of Bills
Financial Report and payment of bills prepared by Catherine Kho
The sales tax deposit for December was received on January 8th, 2025, in the amount of $466,476.87. Total bills submitted for approval today: $177,499.25. The checkbook balance after payment of bills will be: $38,909.97. Accounts receivable balance: $0.00. The Money Market account balance is: $150,000.00. The Sweep Account balance is: $8,276,900.00. The Payroll Account balance is: $451.87.
Director Corum requested that JASCO switch to monthly Invoices for Amazon charges and would like Staff to look into what will be required for that. Director Corum would like a presentation on the Invoices at the next meeting.
Director Corum motioned to approve the financial report and payment of bills. Director Norton seconded the motion. Vote: 7-0. The motion was adopted.
Committee Reports
No committee Report
Executive Director and Department Status Report –
Executive Director
ED Lisa was not present during the meeting – report was read by SM Williams.
Systems Report
Systems Manager (SM) Steven Williams advised that the fence around the Sarcoxie Tower is complete and will finish coating on it to protect from rust. SM Williams stated that the contractor has ordered supplies and will start within 40-60 days.
SM Williams advised that Stronghold will have quarterly meetings with SM Williams for any problems that come up and to keep updated on issues. JASCO has use of ticketing system for Stronghold and has been utilizing it and it has been working well. Duo has been moved over to under Stronghold from IP pathways. JASCO has to approve the change for Stronghold to complete the change.
Deputy Director Report
DD McClintock advised that the Peer Support team was out for training currently and have some other training trips planned for the near future. Mindbase app has been received by the team well and supported by the team members who use it. Motorola training has planned, and 5 personnel will be sent to Illinois and back twice then to Florda for training in the next few months. After that the Leadership Conference is coming up and three are planned to go to that.
Director Corum and Director Norton motioned to attend the Leadership Conference when the trip is planned. Chairman Dagnan seconded sending two Board members to attend.
DD McClintock adv that 45 applicants applied for the hiring round at JASCO. Seven applicants were hired and training will start February 17th, 2025. Call volume has gone down 1.5% from last year.
Unfinished Business
Countywide Public Safety Radio System
SM Williams advised that all 10 consoles were installed. SM advised of radio outage in Comm Room that occurred on 1/28/2025. Total time down was 4 hours. During that time Comm Room had portable radios to use for responders.
Alan Talkington with TUSA advised that the outage brought up the need to contact Motorola in a quick manor and thus opened the door to figuring out which contact line to reach out to in order to inform the technicians of an outage in order to resolution of the console radio outage. Alan advised that once the technicians were notified they responded immediately.
SM Williams adv that subscribers mobiles are all done except a couple. JCSO is starting with TDMA flashing. OPD is moved over
Alan Talkington advised that Motorola sent someone over for remote training in reference to wifi radio updates. The units will have 4 days to deny the update before it is installed automatically.
Tower Site Updates
SM Williams advised the Board that a meeting was held for the Joplin New Tower project and it was decided that one not two towers will be built. Several agencies will come together to supply different parts for this project.
Alan Talkington advised that in doing this there will be redundancy in place in case of failure. State will also have some backups in place for emergencies. Now will have 8 hours of battery time to help with response times in case of failure.
SM Williams advised that the legal agreement is out from the Joplin Legal Team and will be sent to JASCO’s legal team next. Tower completion could take 6-8 months to complete.
Alan Talkington adv that once legal is signed the timeline to live is expected to be 8months.
SM Williams advised that Jasper and Golden City had radio issues that were then tested by the systems team. Systems Technicians went out all over the north side of the county and out of Jasper County to test the issues reported by those agencies. Moswin advised that they had some known connection issues that matched the dates that the agencies reported issues. Moswin will reach out to us with an update on the issue once it is resolved.
Chairman Dagnan requested for SM Williams to report on the Requested Radio Supplies from the Agencies.
SM Williams gave a report of the total requested by the different agenies as:
- 31 portables, 38 mobiles, 2 repeaters for vehicles and 1 control station.
SM Williams adv that he has gotten reports of several batteries not lasting the 12 hour shift that is required and needed for the radio units.
Alan Talkington advised that this issue is known and just request a replacement battery to swap out the batteries that are not lasting the shifts. This can be handled at the next TUSA meeting. Alan also advised that he was awarded Newton County project and will be handling that project too.
Alan Talkington left meeting @ 12:55 pm.
Highway 43 Storage Building
SM Williams discussed this information earlier in the ED Report.
- New Business
Policy Updates
Chairman Dagnan lead looking through the polices with the board and after discussion with DD McClintock and OM Madison it was proposed to table the polices for the next meeting.
Director Corum motioned to table Policy Updates as presented. Director Stanley seconded the motion. Vote: 7-0. The motion was tabled.
SMB Pledge
Chairman Dagnan lead looking through the pledges with the Board and after discussion with he Board it was proposed to approve the signing of pledges.
Director Weaver motioned to approve the SMB Pledge. Director Corum seconded the motion. Vote: 7-0. The motion was adopted.
SMB Account Fees Changes
This was not discussed during the meeting.
Surplus Property
SM Williams presented a report of chairs, desks, a monitor and a file cabinet for the Surplus Property report. Desks were requested to go to the Coroners office. The chairs would be divided among the agencies who need them. Screen will be thrown away and the file cabinet will be destroyed due to the tip hazard it presented.
Director Norton motioned to approve SM Williams’ recommendations for the Surplus Property. Director Peavler seconded the motion. Vote: 7-0. The motion was adopted.
Fire East and West Tower Sites
DD McClintock equipment will be moved on to our towers so that the bills can be moved and canceled to save money. Chairman Dagnan approved to get pricing to get the equipment taken down.
Audit Proposal for Communications Expenses
Apon looking at the Audit Chairman Dagnan asked to table this for the next meeting.
Director Peavler motioned to table the Audit Proposal for the next meeting. Director Norton seconded the motion. Vote: 7-0. The motion was adopted.
Network Security
DD McClintock advised that Active Eye was an option and described the way it would improve cyber security. Currently getting prices on quotes for the different options. Current price was $70,000.00 a year.
Motorola System Maintenance Training
SM Williams advised that Motorola will be sending 5 personnel to training in Illinois. They are currently working on the three online courses that are required to be taken before the 4 in person classes can be taken.
Next Board meeting to be held Wednesday March 5th at 12:00 p.m.
Jasper County Emergency Services Board announced to close for personnel records pursuant to Mo. Statute Section 610.021(13).
At 1:22 p.m Director Weaver motioned to go into closed session for the purpose of personnel records. Director Norton seconded the motion. Vote: 7-0. The motion was adopted.
On the ________day of ___________________________2025
I, Brandy Corum, Secretary ________________________________________certify these Jasper County Emergency Services Board Meeting Minutes for February 5,2025. They have been reviewed and are accurate.
On the ________day of____________________________2025
I, Bill Hawkins, Director ________________________________________ attest the Jasper County Emergency Services Board Meeting Minutes for February 5,2025. They have been reviewed and are accurate.
