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Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Potter absent.
. - MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION "90°8 • January 22, 2009
BY: Finance Committee, Tom Middleton, Chairperson
IN RE: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - REQUEST TO EXTEND THE EMERGENCY TELEPHONE OPERATIONS
SURCHARGE
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Emergency 9-1-1 Service Enabling Act, MCL 484.1101 - 484,1717, permits a Board of Commissioners to
authorize an operational surcharge on all communication devices-capable of-accessing 9-1-1; and
WHEREAS Miscellaneous Resolution #99279 authorized the telephone companies throughout the County to levy up to a
four (4%) percent operational surcharge for emergency telephone operations (with the actual amount being $.57 per
wireline, while the statute authorized an amount up to $.80 per line) through December 31, 2006; and
WHEREAS Miscellaneous Resolution #06167 extended the authorization to collect the operational surcharge at .'a
reduced rate of $.28 per wireline through December 31, 2007, and
WHEREAS Miscellaneous Resolution #07188 extended the authorization to collect the operational surcharge at a
reduced rate of $.25 on all devices capable of accerssing 9-1-1 through February 28, 2009 and
WHEREAS the Michigan Public Services Commission, in Case Number U-15489, reduced the amount of operational
surcharge to $.18 per device capable of accessing 9-1-1; and
WHEREAS the State of Michigan amended the Emergency 9-1-1 Service Enabling Act, Public Act 379 of 2008, to permit
the Board of Commissioners to assess an operational surcharge on all devices capable of accessing 911 through
December 31, 2014; and
WHEREAS Public Act 379 of 2008 also extends the state-wide surcharge on all communication devices capable of
accessing 9-1-1 through December 31 of 2014: and
WHEREAS Public Act 379 of 2008 permits the Board of Commissioners to review the amount of the operational
surcharge it has authorized by May 15 of each year and adjust the amount effective July 1 of that year; and
WHEREAS there is no conclusive data available on the number of communication devices within Oakland County that
would be eligible for the operational surcharge under the provisions of the amended legislation; and
WHEREAS the existing operational surcharge will cease on February 28, 2009 absent the approval and continuation of
the operational surcharge by the Board of Commissioners; and
WHEREAS the operational surcharge is the funding source for the operation and maintenance of the new, county-wide
radio system; and
WHEREAS if the operational surcharge is not continued, then the County will have to either charge a fee to the
municipalities that use the new, county-wide radio system or will have to direct), pay for the operation and maintenance of
the new, county-wide.radio system; and
WHEREAS all the following documents have been provided to the Board of Commissioners and contain the known costs
for the new, county-wide radio system: (1) the quarterly comprehensive financial statements, (2) the semi-annual project
cash flow projections, and (3) the County Executive's Fiscal Year 2009 and 2010 Budget Recommendation; and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board cf Commissioners, pursuant to the Emergency
Telephone Service Enabling Act, as amended, authorizes the extension of the operational surcharge per device capable
of accessing 9-1-1 for the period of February 28, 2009 through June 30, 2010 in the amount of $18/per communication
device to cover the operations and necessary provisions of the Radio Communications Fund.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Radio Communications FY 2009 and FY 2010 budget be amended as specified
below:
RADIO COMMUNICATIONS #53600 FY 2009 FY 2010
Revenue
1080310-115150-630581 E911 Surcharge ($1,277,641) ($1,277,641)
1080310-115150-665882 Planned Use of Fund Balance $277.641 $1,277,641
-0- $ -0-
Chairperson, on behalf of the Finance Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
FINANCE COMMITTEE
January 22, 2009 Resolution #09008
Moved by Middleton supported by Greimel tne resolution be adopted.
Discussion followed.
Moved by Schwartz supported by Zack the resolution be amended as follows:
The fifth WHEREAS paragraph should read: WHEREAS the Michigan Public Servies
Commission, in Case Number U-15489, reduced the amount of operational surcharge to $.18 per
month per device capable of accessing 9-1-1; and
The NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED paragraph should read: NOW THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners, pursuant to the Emergency
Telephone Service Enabling Act. as amended, authorizes the extension of the operational
surcharge per device capable of accessing 9-1-1 or the period of February 28, 2009 through
June 30, 2010 in the amount of S.18 per month per communication device to cover the
operations and necessary provisions of the Radio Communications Fund.
Vote on amendment:
AYES: Burns, Capello, Coleman, Coulter, Douglas, Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin, Greirnel,
Hatchett, Jackson, Jacobsen, Long, McGillivray, Middleton, Nash, Potter, Potts, Runestad,
Schwartz, Scott, Taub, Woodward. Zack, Bullard. (25)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the amendment carried.
Discussion followed.
Moved by Middleton supported by Greimel the resolution, as amended, be adopted.
Vote on resolution, as amended:
AYES: CapeIto, Coleman, Coulter, Douglas, Gershenson, Gingell, Greimel, Hatchett, Jackson,
Jacobsen, Long, McGillivray, Middleton, Nash, Potter, Potts, Runestad, Schwartz, Scott, Taub,
Woodward, Zack, Bullard, Burns. (24)
NAYS: Gosselin. (1)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution, as amended, was adopted.
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 January
22, 2009, 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 22nd day January, 2009.
eat
Ruth Johnson, County Clerk