ADOPTED - APRIL 28, 2009

Agenda Item No. 25

Introduced by the Law Enforcement and Finance Committees of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION SETTING THE LOCAL MONTHLY 911 SURCHARGE WITHIN INGHAM COUNTY

RESOLUTION #09-126

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 allowed 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 Resolution #08-018 set Ingham County’s initial surcharge at $0.31; and

WHEREAS, Public Act 379 of 2008 made further changes to Michigan 911 law and allows for a county board of commissioners to apply a local 911 surcharge up to $0.42 by resolution; and

WHEREAS, Ingham County has deemed that a monthly county-based surcharge of $0.42 be placed on all communications service providers beginning July 1, 2009, as allowed under Public Act 379 of 2008 is necessary to defray the costs of being ready to process and of actually processing 911 calls placed within Ingham County; and

WHEREAS, the 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 $1,131,667 (the anticipated amount to be collected in calendar year 2009, July 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009 under this surcharge is $565,833).

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners hereby adopts the county-based 911 surcharge of $0.42, on communications devices effective July 1, 2009 as permitted under P.A. 379 of 2008.

LAW ENFORCEMENT:  Yeas:  Schor, Holman, Celentino, Copedge, Thomas, Schafer 

   Nays:  None           Absent:  None           Approved 4/16/09

FINANCE:  Yeas:  Grebner, Nolan, Bahar-Cook, Tennis, Davis, Dougan

        Nays:  None           Absent:  None          Approved 4/22/09