HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2017.07.19 - 23013REPORT July 10, 2017
BY: Christine Long, Chairperson, General Government Committee
IN RE: MR #17187 - BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - AUDIT OF COLLECTION AND REMITTANCE
OF EMERGENCY 911 FEES BY COMMUNICATION SERVICE PROVIDERS
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee, having reviewed the above referenced resolution on July 10, 2017,
reports with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move the acceptance of the foregoing
report.
Commissioner Christine Long, District *7
Chairperson, General Government Committee
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with KowaII and Woodward absent.
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #17187
BY: Commissioner Shelley Taub, District #12; Commissioner Dave Woodward, District #19
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — AUDIT OF COLLECTION AND REMITTANCE OF
EMERGENCY 911 FEES BY COMMUNICATION SERVICE PROVIDERS
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS an effective and reliable 911 system is critical to protect the health and safety of every person
in Oakland County and the State of Michigan; and
WHEREAS the expansion of wireless communication usage has increased the need for enhanced 911
technology that allows 911 dispatchers to receive detailed information about the specific physical location
of a caller in an emergency; and
WHEREAS 911 fees provide for the installation, operation, modification, and maintenance of universal
emergency 9-1-1 service systems throughout Michigan; and
WHEREAS all communication service suppliers that provide a communication service to a service user in
the State of Michigan must bill and collect state and county 911 charges; and
WHEREAS communication services, as defined by law, include any service capable of accessing,
connecting with, or interfacing with a 911 system - including a local telephone device, cellular telephone
device, wireless communication device, interconnected voice over the internet device; and
WHEREAS wireless telecommunication services are required by law to collect state and county 911
charges for each transaction; and
WHEREAS a February 2012 report issued by the Auditor General of Michigan "determined that
approximately $4.7 million and $7.3 million of emergency 9-1-1 service charge revenue may not have
been remitted by service suppliers for fiscal years 2008-09 and 2009-10, respectively"; and
WHEREAS the 2012 Auditor General report also found "the Department of Treasury's emergency 9-1-1
Database indicated that only 181 (72%) service suppliers were actually remitting service charge revenue";
and
WHEREAS state regulators lack the authority to audit service providers to ensure fees are being collected
and remitted properly; and
WHEREAS the Auditor General has recommended that the Michigan State Police and Department of
Treasury "should pursue amendatory legislation and other measures necessary to ensure that all service
suppliers collect and remit all emergency 9-1-1 service charge revenue"; and
WHEREAS according to statistics provided by the FCC, the number of wireless subscriptions in Michigan
is now in excess of 10.1 million and 2.8 landlines are still in use; and
WHEREAS while the net number of connections have increased, state and county 911 fee revenues have
not kept pace; and
WHEREAS the lack of sufficient oversight of the collection of 911 fees by communication service
providers constitutes a failure to ensure these funds are being properly collected and remitted.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners calls upon the
Michigan Legislature to adopt legislation granting authority to state regulators to investigate and audit the
collection and distribution of 911 fees by communication service providers.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the County of Oakland is directed to submit a copy of this
resolution to the Office of the Governor, Senate Majority and Minority Leaders, the House Speaker and
Minority Leader, the Michigan Association of Counties and members of the Oakland County delegation to
the Michigan Legislature.
Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing Resolution.
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Resolution #17187 June 15, 2017
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no
objections.
Resolution #17187 July 19, 2017
Moved by Crawford supported by Quarles the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent
Agenda be adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
AYES: Crawford, Dwyer, Fleming, Gingell, Hoffman, Jackson, Kochenderfer, KowaII, McGillivray,
Middleton, Quarles, Spisz, Taub, Tietz, Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Berman, Bowman. (19)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent
Agenda were adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
I HEREBY APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION
CHIEF DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE
ACTING PURSUANT TO MCL 45.559A (7)
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lisa Brown, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true and
accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on July 19, 2017,
with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County of Oakland at
Pontiac, Michigan this 19th day of July, 2017.
Lisa Brown, Brown, Oakland County