The board of the St. Francois County Joint Communications Center, or 911 Board of Directors, at its April 12 meeting honored an outgoing member, welcomed a new member, and got down to the business of entering the next phases of the area’s massive emergency radio project.
Board secretary David Pratte, who represents District 2 and is the Big River/Bonne Terre fire chief, swore in fellow board members elected on April 4 to four-year terms: Ron Bockenkamp, longtime chairman representing the 911 area at-large; James “Jebo” Bullock, Subdistrict 2 and vice chairman of the board, who is also the Desloge police chief; and newcomer Steve Young, who is taking the Subdistrict 1 seat over from Mark Allen and is employed as a fire and explosion investigator for a large insurance provider, with 20 years of experience working in fire and explosion investigation.
