Department of Safety and Homeland Security Conference Room

Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

Thursday, August 14, 2014

Department of Safety and Homeland Security Conference Room

Dover, DE 19901

Members Present:

Bill Carrow – DE Police Chief’s Council

Jim Cole – DTI

Lewis Schiliro – Secretary, DSHS

Mayor Donald F. Tinari- LLG

David Hall – DOC

Gene Donaldson, DelDOT

Colin Faulkner – Kent County
Andrew Fulton - DPH
Warren Jones – DVFA
Colonel Dallas Wingate - DNG

Matthew Hartigan – PSC
Joseph Thomas – Sussex County
Jeffery Miller – NCC/PSC
Michael Witkowski – City of Wilmington

Members Absent:
James Collins – Governor’s Office

Additional Attendees:

Mark Grubb – DivComm

Tom Kadunce, DivComm
Beth Duncan - DivComm

Joe Wessels – League of Local Government

Terry Whitham – Dover Speedway
Tim Dobrowolski – RCC
Kevin Sipple – Kent County

Jen Dittman – DEMA

Isabella Kaplan – DTI

Rich Reed - FirstNet
Eric Wagner – OSEC 9-1-1

Lisa Morris - DOJ

Agenda:

Welcome Remarks – Secretary Schiliro

Approval of Meeting Minutes from Previous Meeting – Secretary Schiliro

Approval of theJune meeting minutes.

Subcommittee Updates

Operations – Gene Donaldson, DelDOT

Technical – Jim Cole, DTI

Training and Exercise – Bill Carrow, DivComm

Scheduled Business Meeting

800MHz System Update – Tom Kadunce

700MHz System Update – Tom Kadunce

BDA Update – Beth Duncan

Progress update – TO# 7/8

Radio Turn-In Promotion Update – Bill Carrow

Broadband Update – Mark Grubb

Old Business

New Business

Community Reports

Reports into SIEC from member agencies

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Adjourn

Welcome Remarks –Secretary Schiliro

The meeting was called to order at 9:03 a.m. by Secretary Schiliro. Mark Grubb introduced Rich Reed from FirstNet who will be making a presentation at the Broadband Working Group meeting.

Approval of Meeting Minutes from Previous Meeting –Secretary Schiliro

Motion by Bill Carrow, second by Colin Faulkner to approve theJune minutes as presented.
Passedunanimously by the voting members present.

Subcommittee Updates

Operations – Gene Donaldson

Reported he had experienced dropped voice on radio transmissions on the TMC statewide talk-group while commuting through all three counties. Mark Grubb advised DIVCOM was investigating and asked if anyone else had experienced similar problems on other talk-groups, no responses noted.

Technical – Jim Cole

Jim reported on the last Technical Subcommittee meeting advising updates were received on the 4.9 and fiber run projects.

Training and Exercise – Bill Carrow

Bill reported he was in process of submitting our T/A requests for the next federal fiscal year.

Scheduled Business Meeting

800 MHz System Update –Tom Kadunce

The system is operating normally, and DIVCOM is monitoring for dropped voice calls on statewide
talk-groups.

700 MHz System Update – Tom Kadunce

Tom reported the system is operating normally.

BDA Update –Beth Duncan

Beth Duncan provided an overview of the latest project status, the recent completions and installation starts. Dover & Woodbridge High School BDA installations have been completed. Secretary Schiliro advised a bill would be reintroduced this session that if passed would require school projects to pass through the Department of Safety and Homeland Security as part of the review and approval process. This should help ensure all new school projects are placed on the scheduled to receive in-building communications testing. Bill Carrow reported from the last meeting that the new Laurel middle/high school contractor had been contacted and a test will be scheduled once all doors, windows and ceiling grids are installed.

Radio Turn-In Promotion Update - Bill Carrow
Bill advised the turn-in program was going very well with multiple agencies across all disciplines utilizing it thus far. The program ends December 31, 2015.

Broadband Update – Mark Grubb
Mark provided an overview of Firstnet by the numbers PowerPoint presentation and unveiled some of the latest outreach tools to be used with agency/organization presentations on DelNet.

Old Business
Exacom Update.
Tom Kadunce provided an update on recent software updates and a meeting held with PSAP
Managers to enact standardization of folders and talk-group access.

New Business

Community Reports:

Colonel Dallas Wingate mentioned his desire to hold the next SIEC meeting at the new DNG
Readiness Center. The group concurred and notice will be forwarded if the location is available for
our October meeting.
Jen Dittman provided an overview of the Threat and Hazard Identification Risk Assessment (THIRA)
and she will provide an overview document to be e-mailed to the SIEC.

Next Meeting
Thursday, October 9, 2014 at 9 a.m. location to be determined.
Adjourn

A motion was made by Jim Cole, seconded by Bill Carrow to adjourn. Meeting adjourned at 10:15a.m.
Remaining 2014 Bimonthly Meetings
December 11, 2014

Respectfully submitted,

Bill Carrow