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io <br />John Murphy, City Controller, stated it is in the EDIT fund now which is where we moved it for <br />2017. It was under the Police Budget presentation but it is a separate line item now. That has <br />been a change for this year. The debt was always included in the EDIT fund. From our point of <br />view it is just one (1) line item and one (1) payment a month to the County for our portions. That <br />was the reasoning for moving it over. <br />Council President Scott asked for Mr. Murphy to explain how the funding works. <br />Mr. Murphy responded that we formerly ran our own communications center and we received an <br />allocation of revenue from the County which was about $215,000 a year. We paid our own <br />salaries and all of that. Now, it is different because we receive an allocation and we make a <br />monthly payment to the St. Joseph County Auditor's office. The payment is based on the <br />formulas set forth in the inter -local agreement. That is the accounting portion which is fairly <br />simple. We pay the County for the operating cost and debt service is treated as a deduction from <br />our EDIT revenue that we receive from the County. Mishawaka handles it the same way as we <br />do. All the accounting is really in the County realm of personnel and so forth. <br />Mr. Croymans stated that is accurate. <br />Mr. Agostino stated Clay Township is not a contributing entity. They as a township, and this has <br />been brought up for discussion several times, their contribution like all other townships is <br />factored into the County's. Right now under the current formula under the interlocal agreement, <br />they took the operating cost for PSAP and at the front end they applied seventy -five percent <br />(75 %) of the cost as fixed costs for the operation of the center. Those fixed costs are then <br />allocated among the County and the two (2) cities based on net - assessed evaluation. That is a <br />formula that frankly favors the cities over the County because in the net calculation the TIFs are <br />not included. The townships in some respect of that net assessed valuation are already <br />contributing to the County's assessment since they are in the unincorporated portion of the <br />County. Twenty -five percent (25 %) of the costs were deemed variable costs and those are <br />allocated based on call volume. That is subject to review and change based on the call log. The <br />overall formula is subject to review on a five (5) year review basis. Mr. Agostino stated the <br />County Council has a different viewpoint on that and he doesn't know what the answer is. It <br />seems the County Council viewpoint is they approved the agreement subject to a two (2) year <br />review. He stated he has not seen any amendment executed by the parties to the agreement which <br />indicates that but it is in their minutes. We are at the two (2) year point currently. As a practical <br />matter it's not going to happen this year but you can expect some discussions to start next year. <br />The agreement as he reads it says five (5) years until a review. <br />Vice Committee Chair White stated what she has been hearing is that South Bend has the highest <br />call volume. She asked if that is correct. <br />Chief Cox stated he would like to add a comment on the call volume, historically speaking there <br />was some discussion or complaint that there was call volume higher in the cities. Mr. Julian, who <br />did the presentation at the time, suggested you are not just receiving service on call volume but <br />on the entire area where potential calls could come from. You receive service based on the fact <br />that you have emergency services available to respond twenty -four (24) hours a day whether you <br />2 <br />