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CONFERENCE
CHAIR
Kathy
Monken
kathylmonken@gmail.com
618-973-9342
REGISTRATIONS
Tammy
Peterson
Kankakee
County ETSB
PO
Box 283
Bourbonnais
IL 60914
815-937-3915
tpeterson@911conference.org
PROGRAMS
Gregg
Riddle
708-218-3911
griddle@riddle2008.org
VENDORS
Chair
David Tuttle, Manager
Emergency
Communications Center
542
SW Adams St
Peoria,
IL 61602-1552
309-494-8035
dtuttle@ci.peoria.il.us
Co-Chair
Vickie Leibach
9-1-1
Coordinator
Peoria
Co. E.T.S.B.
6913
W. Plank Road
Peoria,
IL 61604-5246
309-697-8524
Fax:
309-697-6503
peoriacounty911@sbcglobal.net |
What
is the Illinois Public Safety
Telecommunications
Association (IPSTA) ?
IPSTA
is the not-for-profit corporation that was authorized by the IL APCO and
INENA
Boards as a way to address the tax implications that occurred each year
following
the October Conference. The IL APCO Chapter had always handled
the book keeping and tax filings. This was facilitated by
the long time Chapter
Treasurer,
Richard Bauer.
One of the things that would occur was with the combined incomes of
the IL
APCO
Chapter and the conference, we would exceed the limits for filing a
short form for the IRS. The individual incomes would allow
a short form to be filed if they could be legally
separated. Rich had always taken on the task of doing this
long form each year, but with his impending retirement, he suggested
we might want to consider forming a new corporation so the
conference finances could be handled separately. Following the
IL APCO election, the new treasurer indicated that he was not
comfortable handling the long form filing process and could need
to seek outside professional assistance if we continued to
combine the conference and chapter funds.
This information was brought to both boards and it was agreed that
we would
establish
a new corporation to help with the IRS filing process. There
was to
be
no changes in the way the conference was run, nor the way the
profits were
handled.
The IPSTA Board is made up of long time conference committee
members and
the Presidents of both chapters. The first conference run under
this configuration
was held in 2004 and the profits have been distributed in the
same
manner as in previous years. We intend to make this as
transparent to the membership and the conference attendees as possible.
Should anyone ever have any questions about the status of the operations,
please
feel free to contact any of the Board members or me directly.
Regards,
Gregg
Riddle
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