Belvidere Citizen Corps Commission

Minutes November 12,2003

Convened in the Council Chambers, 123 South State Street, Belvidere Illinois at 12:00 p.m.

Call to Order — Mayor Fred Brereton Roll Call:
Present: Mayor Fred Brereton, Police Department Jerry Temple, Fire Chief David Worrell, EMA Coordinator Lee Onley, BC RSVP's Lesa Bergeron, CUSD #100 Eric Willard, Health Department Director Doug Beardsley, American Red Cross Peter Raber, Youth Services Network Donna Donato, ALERTA Jerry Hernandez.

Absent: BC Sheriff Duane Wirth, Belvidere Jr. Chamber President Terri Glass, Corporate Representative Vince Castle, Fire District #2 Jerry Marrs, YMCA Bill Holsker, Corporate Representative Harry "Skip" Beck.

Reports of Commissioners:
1.	Mayor Fred Brereton:

A.	State of Illinois Department of Human Services Grant Status:
1.   	Citizen Guide - The Citizen Guide will be distributed by the Belvidere Republican 		by mail to Boone County residents. This guide will have no advertisements. Grant 		dollars will be used. Each member of commission will have a full page to educate 		community on their organization in regards to the Citizen Corps Commission.
B.	NationalWebsite-citizencorps.gov

2.	Police Department - Jerry Temple:
A.	International Association Chiefs of Police (IACP) Conference- Police Chief 		Noble attended.   Information on Neighborhood Watch Action and Volunteer 		programs were
	available at conference.
B.	Neighborhood Watch - Signs are up in Oakbrook and partially up in Farmington
	Fields. Requests for information from residents in the 900 and 1100 blocks of
	Whitney. A speed trailer is being used in several neighborhoods to clock speed of
	drivers.
C.	Volunteers in Policing - Police Department used 84 volunteer hours during 		October 2003. The department used these volunteers to assist with traffic control 		(including parades, Green Giant United Way Sale, Crop Walk).
D.	Crime Stoppers Activity - no information to report.

3.	Fire Chief - David Worrell:
A.	CERT Training - CD-ROM has been received for training package.
B.	Automatic External Defibrillator Training - conduct monthly training for AED as
	wellasCPR.
C.	Smokehouse Acquisition - Fire Department has received a donation from 		COSMO
	Club in the amount of $ 10,000 to be used for the purchase of a smokehouse 		trailer.

4.	SheriffDuaneWirth: -absent.

5.	EMA Coordinator - Lee Onley:
A.	Storm Watchers & Emergency Warning System - a survey will be conducted on 		our current system.
B.	CERT Training - updated information is available on CD. Concept is known, 		need dollars to educate trainees.
C.	Big Thunder Amateur Radio Club - Members of this club are volunteers who 		assist in
	time of need using their own equipment.
D.	Needs Assessment Grant - State of Illinois has available $25 million dollars.
	Possible uses of these grant monies would be for improving response capabilities 		to an incident caused by weapons of mass destruction.    Other grant monies are 		being used for chemicals and communications. Need to solicit corporate dollars 		for use of purchasing protective masks.
E.	IMNET - 911 - We have direct link to 102 counties for secure communications 		for use such as with the AMBER Alert system. Belvidere/Boone County does 		have Hispanic volunteers who are bi-lingual and are used in times of emergency.
F.	Storm Watchers - Winter Storm Preparedness Week is November 16 through
	November 22,2003.
 
6.	CUSD #100 Eric Willard:
A.	Security Issues - New information concerning security coming from IACP. 		School District has a 16-camera system at the Belvidere High School and would 		like to add 4 (four) more cameras. Current system is observed by office 		personnel, would like a separate workstation that would be observed by security 		personnel.
B.	School Resource Officer - School District would like to add officer at Central 		Middle School.
C.	Winter weather telephone numbers are updated and in place for use as needed.

7.	Health Department Director, Doug Beardsley:
A. 	A family emergency conference will be held on December 11, 2003 from 6:30 		p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at 	324 University Drive - Rockford.
	
8.	Rock River Chapter - American Red Cross, Peter Raber:
A.	Emergency Response Activity. - October saw 11 incidents of which 43 people 		were involved including 22 children.
B.	Community Disaster Preparedness-1800 people educated.
C.	American Red Cross has sent 8,000 workers to help with the devastating fires in
	California.
D.	Shelter Agreements - with Boone County and now working with Belvidere 		schools.
E.	Shari Carley presented an overview of Citizen Corps (VISTA).

9.	Belvidere Family YMCA, Bill Holsker: -absent.

10.	Youth Service Network, Donna Donato:
A.	 Parents University educated 52 parents in the month of October.

11.	Boone County (RSVP) Lesa Bergeron:
A.	Volunteer Database and Activity - looking for volunteers age 55 and older.
B.	Education in anger management will be presented at the Winnebago County Jail.
	Working on implementing at the Boone County Jail.
 
12.	Belvidere Junior Chamber President, Terri Glass - absent.

13.	ALERTA - Jerry Hernandez:
A.	Hispanic Community issues - ALERTA is involved in educating the Hispanic
	community. Classes are currently being conducted with English as a second 		language, and naturalized citizen classes. ALERTA is looking for a larger space to 	conduct classes.
B.	ALERTA received grant money to purchase their first computer.
C.	ALERTA meets every Monday evening at 6:00 p.m.

14.	Fire District #2 - Jerry Marrs-absent.

15.	Corporate Representatives - Vince Castle, General Mills/Green Giant
	Harry "Skip" Beck, Orbital Tool

Oath of Office:
City Clerk Shauna Arco conducted the oath of office for Doug Beardsley, Jerry Hernandez, and Lee Onley.
Election of Officers:
Eric Willard was nominated to hold the position of Secretary to the Belvidere Citizen Corps Commission. Aye voice vote carried.
Mayor Brereton reported the next meeting of the Citizen Corps Commission would be" held on Tuesday December 9th at 11:45 a.m.
Meeting adjourned at 1:25 p.m.
 
 

Eric Willard, Secretary
Shauna Arco
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