ADOPTED - AUGUST 26, 2008
Agenda Item No. 42
Introduced by the Law Enforcement and Finance Committees of the:
INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CONTRACTS WITH LANSING AND EAST LANSING
FOR 911 CENTER 2008/09 OPERATIONS
RESOLUTION #08-243
WHEREAS, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners has established a 911 Emergency Telephone Dispatch Services Fund for Management and System Improvements to the County emergency dispatch system and a policy that reserves twenty percent of the total revenues per year for these purposes and eighty percent for operational expenses by the two 911 Centers; and
WHEREAS, under this policy the Lansing and East Lansing 911 Centers’ 2008/09 operational budgets will not receive the full ninety-five per cent reimbursement this fiscal year due to their costs exceeding eighty percent of the total 911 2008/09 revenues.
WHEREAS, East Lansing and Lansing have requested a supplemental appropriation to fully fund the operational contracts at the traditional 95% of operational costs, the East Lansing contract would be for $1,380,977 (an increase of $69,172) and Lansing for $5,208,000 (an increase of $260,866).
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners authorizes an appropriation out of the 911 Emergency Telephone Dispatch Services Budget by approving reimbursement of the City of East Lansing’s 2008/09 operational budget of up to $1,380,977 and by approving reimbursement of the City of Lansing’s 2008/09 operational budget of up to $5,208,000.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chairperson of the Ingham County Board of Commissioners and the County Clerk are authorized to sign any necessary contractual documents consistent with this resolution and approved as to form by the County Attorney.
LAW ENFORCEMENT: Yeas: Holman, Copedge, Celentino, De Leon
Nays: Schafer Absent: Tennis Approved 8/14/08
FINANCE: Yeas: Grebner, Hertel, Weatherwax-Grant, Celentino, Schor, Dougan
Nays: None Absent: None Approved 8/20/08