ADOPTED - AUGUST 28, 2001

Agenda Item No. 42



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



INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS



RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AMENDMENTS TO THE INGHAM COUNTY 911 EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SERVICE PLAN



RESOLUTION #01-262



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; and



WHEREAS, Resolution 01-131 (April 24, 2001) authorized Tentative Amendments to the Ingham County Emergency Telephone Service Plan; and



WHEREAS, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners may adopt by resolution amendments to the Ingham County Emergency Telephone Service plan as they conducted a public hearing on the amendments on July 24, 2001;



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



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



BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chairperson of the Ingham County Board of Commissioners and the County Clerk are authorized to sign any necessary contract documents consistent with this resolution and approved as to form by the County Attorney.



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

Nays: None Absent: None Approved 8/16/01



FINANCE: Yeas: Czarnecki, Hertel, Schafer, Swope, Lynch

Nays: None Absent: Minter, Krause Approved 8/22/01











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, adopted 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 providers, the highest monthly charge and the emergency service providers within the 911 Service District in a set of Administrative Findings.