County staff told the Finance Committee that the Emergency Telephone System Board (ETSB) approved a $6,000 payment to the county GIS department to support the extra work required for next‑generation 9‑1‑1 (NG9‑1‑1) GIS maintenance.

Shelley explained that the ETSB previously exchanged services with county GIS (historically providing network infrastructure while the county maintained GIS) and that new NG9‑1‑1 requirements create quarterly reporting obligations to the Illinois State Police that are above and beyond the county’s shared GIS dataset maintenance. "The NG 9 1 1 GIS basically is reporting to the state in quarterly updates, which is above and beyond what the GIS department has typically done," Shelley said.

County and ETSB staff worked with the treasurer to structure a memorandum of agreement that keeps the funds local and reimburses the county GIS team for the additional work required to be the GIS data maintainer for NG9‑1‑1. Chairmen and administrators indicated the signed agreement will be placed on file.

What happens next: the signed memorandum of agreement will be filed and the treasurer will distribute the payment to GIS to offset NG9‑1‑1 maintenance costs.