ADOPTED - APRIL 24, 2001

Agenda Item No. 17

Introduced by the Law & Courts and Finance Committees of the:



INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS



RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TENTATIVE AMENDMENTS TO THE INGHAM COUNTY 911 SERVICE PLAN



RESOLUTION #01-131



WHEREAS, Ingham County has adopted an Emergency Telephone Service Plan ("Plan") under the provisions of 1986 PA 32, as amended ("Act 32"); and



WHEREAS, the purpose of this Plan was to facilitate the provision of emergency telephone service and dispatch services to citizens within Ingham County; and



WHEREAS, Act 32 has now been amended to require that each county has a final 911 plan in place that includes implementing the wireless emergency service order (FCC Order 94-102) and incorporating a reference to the wireless emergency service order in the final 911 plan; and



WHEREAS, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners determines that an amendment to the Plan will clarify the Plan's intentions with respect to the responsibility for fiscal matters arising from the distribution of the cellular telephone surcharge revenues associated with compliance with the wireless emergency service order; and



WHEREAS, this amendment to the Plan needs to be made to bring the Plan into compliance with the wireless emergency service order.



THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the following amendment is proposed to be made to the Plan:



-The attached technical update sheet is incorporated into the Plan:



BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that in accordance with Section 309 and others of Act 32, a public hearing is hereby scheduled on this amendment on July 24, 2001, to be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Ingham County Courthouse, Board of Commissioners Room, located in Mason, Michigan.



BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that in accordance with section 305 and others of Act 32, the County Clerk shall, within five (5) days of the adoption of the Resolution, forward a copy of the Amended Emergency Telephone Service Plan, by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the Clerk or other appropriate official of each public agency located within the 911 Technical Service District of the Plan.



BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that in accordance with Section 308 and others of Act 32, the County Clerk shall give notice by publication of the hearing twice in a newspaper of general publication occurring at least thirty (30) days prior to the date of the hearing.



LAW & COURTS: Yeas: Lynch, Krause, Schafer, Severino, Stid, De Leon, Dedden

Nays: None Absent: None Approved 4/12/01



FINANCE: Yeas: Czarnecki, Schafer, Minter, Swope, Lynch, Krause

Nays: None Absent: Hertel Approved 4/18/01



ADOPTED - APRIL 24, 2001

Attachment to Agenda Item No. 17



911 TECHNICAL AMENDMENT UPDATE





All Commercial Mobile Radio Service ("CMRS") providers are requested and directed to deploy Phase I and Phase II 911 enhanced service as provided in the wireless emergency service order ("Order"), FCC Docket No. 94-102, ad opted June 12, 1996 with an effective date of October 1, 1996.



The Ingham County Board of Commissioners, as the governing body of the County's 911 Service District, authorizes and directs the County to take any action necessary to implement the Order, the Emergency Telephone Service Enabling Act, 1986 PA 32, as amended ("Act"), or any other applicable state or federal law existing or subsequently adopted.



The Ingham County Board of Commissioners ("Board") is authorized from time to time to adopt and update the list of service suppliers facilitating wire base emergency service calls, and public agencies providing emergency response services within the Service District. The Board shall also periodically obtain and publish the highest monthly flat rate charged by a service supplier for a 1-party access line within the Ingham County 911 Service District. The Board shall memorialize the updated list of service provides, the highest monthly charge and the emergency service providers within the 911 Service District in a set of Administrative Findings