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MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #07116 May 10, 2007
BY: General Government Committee, Christine Long, Chairperson
IN RE: DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — REQUEST FOR SUPPORT FOR
MICHIGAN SENATE BILLS 410 and 411 AMENDING THE EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SERVICES
ENABLING ACT.
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, Senate Bills 410 and 411 have been introduced in the Michigan Legislature, which would
amend Public Act 32 of 1986 entitled the "Emergency Telephone Service Enabling Act"; and
WHEREAS, these bills would provide a funding system for 9-1-1 in which all communication devices that
have access to 9-1-1 contribute equally to the funding of 9-1-1 operations; and
WHEREAS, these bills provide a stable funding source for the counties to support their operational levels
of service for 9-1-1 to its residents; and
WHEREAS, these bills have a mechanism that provides the necessary checks and balances to ensure
revenues generated are used for authorized expenditures for 9-1-1 services; and
WHEREAS, these authorized expenditures are limited to those directly related to receiving and
processing 9-1-1 calls and the subsequent dispatching of responders via a public safety radio; and
WHEREAS, such limitation of expenditures has historically met the criteria established through the courts
to define 9-1-1 surcharge as a fee for service directly related to telephone services; and
WHEREAS, these bills are revenue neutral, in that they continue to provide the level of funding currently
available through 9-1-1 surcharge; and
WHEREAS, any attempt to amend Senate Bills 410 and 411 for other State of Michigan general fund
purposes not directly related to 9-1-1 may not meet the criteria of a fee for service and could be viewed
as a tax increase for the residents of Oakland County; and
WHEREAS, additional State fees on communication devices places an unfair burden on the populous
counties, such as Oakland, which contain the preponderance of telephone service customers but do not
receive back an equitable amount of services.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners does hereby offer
our support of Senate Bills 410 and 411 as introduced.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners opposes amending
Senate Bills 410 and 411 to include any additional State of Michigan taxes on telephone service
customers under the guise of 9-1-1 surcharge.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be transmitted to Governor Jennifer
Granholm, and all Senators and Representatives serving Oakland County.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing
resolution.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
General Government:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Greimel absent.
Resolution #07116 May 10, 2007
Moved by Potter supported by Gregory the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the amended
Consent Agenda, be adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
AYES: Burns, Coulter, Douglas, Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin, Gregory, Greimel, Hatchett,
Jacobsen, Long, Middleton, Nash, Potter, Potts, Rogers, Scott, Spector, Suarez, Woodward,
Zack, Bullard. (22)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the amended
Consent Agenda, were adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
APPROVE THE FOREGOING
ACTING PURSUANT TO 1973 PA 139
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Ruth Johnson, 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 May 10, 2007, 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 10th day of May, 2007.
Rutri,retrOunty Clerk