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DuPage Public Safety Communications
600 Wall Street •
Glendale Heights, IL 60139
(630) 260-7500 Main
(630) 924-9280 Fax
www.ducomm.org
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DuPage Public Safety Communications (DU-COMM) partners with DuPage County for new 9-1-1 facility.
At a special call meeting on February 15, 2017 the DU-COMM Board of Directors voted unanimously to enter
into an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) and lease with DuPage County and the DuPage Emergency
Telephone System Board (ETSB) for a new state-of-the-art communications facility on the west side of the
DuPage County campus.
The new facility will be a combination of renovated space on the county campus, and new construction for a total
of 33,454 sq. ft. DU-COMM will co-locate with the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) and the DuPage
ETSB offices on this site. The new construction will be a hardened 9-1-1 Public Safety Communications Center
to address the need for a larger facility for DU-COMM employees and operations.
DU-COMM has operated out of a modest 12,700 square foot facility since 1995. Due to growth and expansion
related to consolidation of 9-1-1 centers in DuPage County, DU-COMM grew from twenty-seven (27) member
agencies to forty-five (45) agencies in the last eight (8) years.
The new facility will cost$15,870,593.00. As part of the IGA, the ETSB will contribute $4,000.000 to the project
and DU-COMM will provide $4,300.000 of cash reserves. The cash contributions represent more than 50% of
the project cost. DuPage County will finance the remaining $7,500,000 that DU-COMM will repay during the 25-
year lease agreement with County.
The project is estimated to be complete by the fall of 2018. At that time, DU-COMM will move operations to the
new facility. The relocation will represent a "coming home" of sorts. In 1975, DU-COMM began operations on
the County campus before moving to its current location in 1995.
About DuPage Public Safety Communications (DU-COMM)
DuPage Public Safety Communications (DU-COMM) is an intergovernmental agency as defined in the Illinois
statues (5 ILCS 220/1) formed in 1975 by our member departments to provide emergency communications
services to police, fire, and emergency medical services. DU-COMM is the largest consolidated public safety
communications center in Illinois and currently serves forty-five (45) member agencies and over 800,000
residents in DuPage and neighboring counties. DU-COMM receives requests for police, fire, and EMS via 45
incoming 9-1-1 lines. DU-COMM processes over 1.1 million phone calls each year, including over 300,000 9-1-
1 calls, and over 660,000 calls for service. Under DU-COMM, member municipalities and fire districts work
together to ensure a high level of service to their citizens in public safety communications.
Contact: Brian Tegtmeyer, ENP
Executive Director
Phone: (630)260-7500
Fax: (630)260-1309
Date: February 16,2017
E-Mail: btegtmever(d.)ducomm.org
Jim Fox
From: Tegtmeyer, Brian <btegtmeyer@ducomm.org>
Sent: Friday, February 3, 2017 4:38 PM
To: Tegtmeyer, Brian
Subject: DU-COMM Facility Project Update
Attachments: Facility Project Update.pdf, IGA Lease documents.pdf, DU-COMM GMAX Final.pdf
DU-COMM Board of Directors,
I have attached a facility project update, Project IGA/Lease, and the GMAX construction document for your
advanced review. I anticipate providing additional updates next week and the final Board packet for the Special
Call meeting. In addition to our meeting on 2/15/17, the project will also be discussed next week at County
committee meetings. The week after next, the following meetings will finalize the project approval process for
the County. Please consider attending these meetings to show support.
02/14/17 08:00 a.m. DuPage County Finance meeting
02/14/17 08:40 a.m. DuPage ESTB meeting
02/14/17 10:00 a.m. DuPage County Board meeting
02/15/17 7:30 a.m. DU-COMM Board of Directors Special Call meeting at Carol Stream FPD
I look forward to seeing everyone at the 2/15/17 Special Call meeting. This approval will requires a 2/3 Board
approval. Please make sure that you have properly designated an alternate if you are unable to attend. Please
contact me with any questions.
Sincerely,
Brian
CC: Village Managers, Police and Fire Chiefs
Brian Tegtmeyer, ENP
Executive Director, DU-COMM
DuPage Public Safety
Communications
600 Wall Street
Glendale Heights, IL 60139
(630) 260-7500 Administrative
(630) 260-7503 Direct
(630) 330-3292 Wireless
(630) 260-1309 Direct Fax
bteatmever@ducom m.org
www.ducomm.org
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