The ETS Board shall be reorganized effective October 18, 2007 and shall have 16 members as set forth below.
(A) Public safety representation.
(1) Law enforcement. Two law enforcement representatives shall be appointed by the County Executive with the advice and consent of the County Board. The representatives will be selected from a list of three names submitted by the Police Chiefs Association of the county.
(2) Fire service. Two fire service representatives shall be appointed by the County Executive with the advice and consent of the County Board. The representative will be selected from a list of three names with one name being submitted from each of the three county MABAS Divisions (15, 18 and 27).
(3) Emergency management. The County Emergency Management Agency Director or his or her designee will serve on the ETSB with the approval and appointment of the County Executive and with the advice and consent of the County Board.
(B) PSAP representation.
(1) The county-wide PSAPs will have seven positions on the ETSB. All nine of the 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System PSAPs will have representation on the ETSB as follows. Each will be represented on the ETSB by the individual PSAP Director or his or her designee.
(a) Joliet;
(b) Wescom;
(c) Sheriff’s office;
(d) Lincolnway;
(e) Eastcom; and
(f) Romeoville.
(2) The remaining PSAPs will work together to select one PSAP director or his or her designee as their representative on the ETSB.
(3) In the event that any member PSAP dissolves or merges with another member PSAP, the size of the Board shall decrease by one number.
(4) The PSAP directors or their designee’s names will be submitted to the County Executive for approval and appointment with the advice and consent of the County Board.
(C) Elected officials representation. Two representatives from county government will serve on the ETSB as follows.
(1) One ETS Board member will represent the County Executive’s office as designated and appointed by the County Executive with the consent and approval of the County Board.
(2) One ETS Board member will represent the County Board as designated and appointed by the County Executive in consultation with the County Board Chairperson and the consent and approval of the County Board.
(D) Citizen-at-large representation. One representative from the citizens of the County Emergency Telephone System will be appointed by the County Executive from a list of applications submitted. The appointment will be approved with the advice and consent of the County Board.
(E) Technology representation.
(1) The ETSB shall form a committee of the Board designated as the Technology Committee. Members serving on this Committee shall include:
(a) Director of the county 800 MHZ radio department or his or her designee;
(b) Director of the county GIS Department or his or her designee;
(c) Director of the county ICT Department and his or her designee; and
(d) Other technology experts from agencies within the county who may be appointed to the ETSB.
(2) The Chairperson of the Technology Committee will serve as a representative on the ETSB. The Chair of the Technology Committee shall be submitted to the County Executive for appointment to the ETSB with the advice and consent of the County Board.
(1980 Code, § 34.57) (Res. 96-135, passed 6-20-1996; Res. 02-82, passed 2-21-2002; Res. 07-415, passed 10-8-2007)