HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1998.05.07 - 25467May 7, 1998
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #98123
BY: Commissioner Kay Schmid, District #17
IN RE: EMERGENCY TELEPHONE OPERATING COSTS FUNDING
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies, and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS Oakland County recognizes the need for efficient and prompt
emergency services from police, fire and medical agencies; and
WHEREAS it is in the best public interest to maintain and improve the
communications equipment utilized for emergency responses of our police, fire,
and medical services; and
WHEREAS telephone users have been charged approximately $0.16 per month for
E 9-1-1 services for several years. This amount does not raise a sufficient
amount of revenue to replace and update existing emergency response
communications equipment, which is obsolete and difficult to repair.
WHEREAS Public Act 196 of 1991 and Public Act 29 of 1994 provides for an
operational surcharge on telephone access lines for the purposes of operating an
E 9-1-1 emergency telephone central dispatch center system; and
WHEREAS a county may assess an amount for recurring emergency telephone
operation costs that does not exceed 4% of the highest monthly flat rate charged
by a service supplier for a 1-party access line within the county; and
WHEREAS a 4* operational charge translates into a $0.57 monthly surcharge;
WHEREAS telephone companies can raise their base rate, affecting an
automatic increase by using a percentage charge; and
WHEREAS a fixed rate can not be increased automatically.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED Oakland County Board of Commissioners
authorizes an amount not to exceed a flat $0.50 monthly surcharge based on the
needs as outlined in the Plante Moran E9-1-1 Communications Network Study for
single party basic telephone service in Oakland County for a period of four years
to support an emergency telephone central dispatch center system.
Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
Resolution #98123 May 7, 1998
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Public Services Committee and the General
Government Committee. There were no objections.