ADOPTED - JANUARY 22, 2008

Agenda Item No. 26

Introduced by the Law Enforcement and Finance Committees of the:

 

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

 

RESOLUTION TO ADOPT A MONTHLY 911 SURCHARGE WITHIN INGHAM COUNTY

 

RESOLUTION #08-018

 

WHEREAS, under the Emergency 911 Service Enabling Act (P.A. 32 of 1986 as amended) the Ingham County Board of Commissioners approved the final 911 service plan on December 15, 1987 and amended the service plan on October 22, 1996 and August 28, 2001 to benefit the citizens of Ingham County by providing a uniform and well known emergency telephone number; and

 

WHEREAS, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners continues to believe that 911 service will benefit the citizens of Ingham County; and

 

WHEREAS, the State of Michigan enacted Public Act: 164 of 2007 to further support 911 service in Michigan; and

 

WHEREAS,  Public Act 164 of 2007 allows for the creation of a county-based surcharge on all communication service providers that can access 911 and provides for the collection, disbursement, use, and audit of said funds; and

 

WHEREAS,  Ingham County has deemed that a monthly county-based surcharge of  31 cents placed on all communications service providers beginning July 1, 2008 as allowed under Public Act 164 of 2007 is necessary to defray the costs of being ready to process and of actually processing 911 calls placed within Ingham County; and

 

WHEREAS, Public Act 164 of 2007 states that an estimated amount of anticipated annual revenue must be included within the resolution creating the monthly county-based 911 surcharge and projections by the county estimate that amount of anticipated annual revenue to be $835,278 (the anticipated amount to be collected in calendar year 2008 under this surcharge is $417,639); and

 

WHEREAS,  Public Act 164 expires February 28, 2009, the monthly county-based surcharge will remain in effect until that time, or is otherwise changed by law; and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Act 164, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners has modified the 911 plan on January 22, 2008, to reflect the changes in the 911 surcharges collected by Ingham County.

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners hereby adopts the county-based 911 surcharge of $0.31, on communications devices as permitted under P.A. 164 of 2007.

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board Chairperson is authorized to sign any required documents.

 

LAW ENFORCEMENT:  Yeas:  Holman, Copedge, Celentino, De Leon, Tennis, Schafer  

         Nays:  None          Absent:  None        Approved 1/10/08

 

FINANCE:    Yeas:  Grebner, Hertel, Weatherwax-Grant, Celentino, Schor

          Nays:  None        Absent:  Dougan         Approved 1/16/08