Minutes of the Board of Director's meeting on July 14th were reviewed. Director Lyscio moved to approve the minutes as presented. Director Newman seconded the motion. The motion was adopted. Vote: 4 - 0 with Director Stanley abstaining. Minutes of the Technical Services Committee meeting on July 14th were reviewed. Director Lyscio moved to approve the minutes as presented. Director Francis seconded the motion. The motion was adopted. Vote: 4 - 0 with Director Stanley abstaining.

Public Comment and Correspondence

Treasurer Francis presented the financial report for August. The check for June sales tax was received in the amount of $121,842.73. The check for July sales tax has not been received. The checkbook balance before payment of bills is $45,617.83. The bills submitted for approval total $36,678.92. After payment of all bills, the checkbook balance will be $8,938.91. The money market account balance is $38,100.78. Accounts receivable balance is $7,641.27. Receipt of all AR will bring the final checkbook balance to $16,580.18. Director Newman motioned for payment of all bills. Director Merriman seconded the motion. The motion was adopted. Vote: 5 - 0.

Commmittee Reports

Finance and Budget

There was not a meeting and nothing to report.

Technical Services

There was not a meeting and nothing to report.

Building and Grounds

There was not a meeting and nothing to report.

Personnel and Policy

Public Relations

Executive Director's Report

Executive Director Nordell advised Board members that during last month's Fire Chief's Meeting, the Chief's all agreed that they would like to discontinue Fire Department page notifications for winter weather advisories and flood watches. Director Lyscio moved to discontinue Fire Department page notifications for winter weather advisories and flood watches. Director Newman seconded the motion. Vote: 5 - 0. The motion was adopted. Executive Director Nordell had previously notified Board members that the mayor of Sarcoxie had requested that Jasco activate their storm sirens. Board members had asked that an authorization letter abiding by the Emergency Management Director's policy for storm siren activation be signed by Sarcoxie City Council. The City Council agreed but wanted to discuss the situation with Sarcoxie Fire Department before they submit the letter. Board members agreed that Jasco should wait until the letter is received before they approve the request. Newton County Central Dispatch had shown interest in purchasing the old Zetron radio equipment and the Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS). The Center will be moving to their new location and will be adding consoles that will need Zetron radio consoles. After the original offer was declined, Newton County made a new offer of $15,000.00 for all of the equipment based upon the age of the equipment and hardware. Director Merriman moved to accept Newton County Central Dispatch's offer of $15,000.00 for the Zetron radio equipment and UPS. Director Francis seconded the motion. Vote: 5 - 0. Monett Heating and Air completed the first loop of the HVAC installation on July 22nd. There were some minor issues with a drain line that leaked but, otherwise, went smoothly. The Mitsubishi engineer was onsite for the start-up, but did not sign off on the system yet because he had thought the entire system was running on one loop and not three. The engineer will be back next week to inspect the equipment. Once it has been approved, the computer software for the system will be provided. Executive Director Nordell stated that he had attended the Regional 911 meeting on July 18th. At this meeting, Newton County and Ottawa County, Oklahoma, both expressed interest in sharing cost and activation for the Reverse 911 system. At the request of Director Rowland, GIS Manager Runnebaum did weed-eat the property around Fire West. Executive Director Nordell advised that he had met with AT&T representatives to discuss options of replacing the current T-1 system that has been used since inception. The upgrade will provide twice the phone lines and will allow for internet usage along with providing administrative phone lines to be available for Carthage Fire Department if the facility were to be used as a back-up. These phone lines will also have Direct Inward Dialing (DID) that will provide Caller ID information for Jasco when outgoing calls are made on the administrative and non-emergency lines. AT&T has specials running for the upgrade that will decrease the amount currently being paid for the phone lines by $200 to $300. A letter has been received from Suddenlink stating that an audit had recently been conducted within their company that indicated Jasco was not being billed properly for provided cable services. Future billing amounts will increase from $23.50 to $61.46 if we were to keep the same plan. Other alternatives are being considered. The City of Jasper has appointed Jim Achey as the new Police Chief. Temperature sensors have been placed in the computer room that has set temperature points that will produce an audible alarm. A video camera was also installed in the computer room to assist with visual detection. Joplin Fire Protection is also scheduled to install smoke detectors that will be wired into our current alarm panel sometime this week. On July 23rd, the Equature recorder was installed. There was an issue with some phone recordings not being picked up on the Equature recorder that was determined to be a problem with the MicroDATA phone system audio levels being low and not recognized by the recorder. MicroDATA is currently working on the issue. They were unable to hardwire the four 9-1-1 trunks at Carthage Fire Department into the Equature recorder system, but the calls should still be recorded when they are answered by an extension in the Communications Room. Executive Director spoke to Board members about the Mobile Command Bus and different options for the vehicle. Board member discussed fees associated with Jasper County Sheriff's Office Dispatch and changes that could be made to improve collaboration with transfer agencies. At 8:03p.m., Director Francis moved that commissioned police officers be able to carry their weapon while in the Communications Center. Director Merriman seconded the motion. Vote: 4 - 1 with a negative vote from Director Stanley. The motion lacked the sufficient votes necessary according to Board Policies 10/17/01 Edition, subtitle Rules for Conducting Board Business and Meetings, section b. that states motions that seek to limit or close debate; preventing the introduction of a motion and rescinding or modifying any previously adopted action of the Board shall require a 2/3rd vote of the membership or five votes. The next Board meeting has been set for September 8th at 6:00p.m.

Unfinished Business

New Business

Director Newman moved the meeting be adjourned. Director Lyscio seconded the motion. Vote: 5 - 0.The meeting was adjourned at 8:10p.m.