Indiana Petitioning the St. Joseph County Commissioners and County Council to Adopt an Enhanced Emergency Telephone System Fee

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Bill No. RESOLUTION NO. 1 (,Q n -9 K A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA PETITIONING THE ST. JOSEPH COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND COUNTY COUNCIL TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING AN ENHANCED EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SYSTEM FEE WHEREAS, Indiana Code 36 -8 -16 authorizes the fiscal body of a county to adopt an ordinance to impose an Enhanced Emergency Telephone System Fee to provide the funding for a countywide Enhanced Emergency Telephone System utilizing the three digit number 9 -1 -1 to send automatic number identification and automatic location identification for reporting police, fire, medical, or other emergency situations; and WHEREAS, the City of South Bend, the City of Mishawaka, and St. Joseph County presently have functioning Enhanced Emergency Telephone Systems that serve and benefit all of the citizens of St. Joseph County; WHEREAS, it would be desirable for the St. Joseph County Council to adopt an ordinance establishing a uniform fee for all service users in this county pursuant to State law; and WHEREAS, the system should include all necessary Enhanced Emergency Telephone equipment such as computer hardware, software, and data base provisioning, as well as secondary public safety answering points for the South Bend Fire and Police Departments and the St. Joseph County Fire Dispatch; and WHEREAS, the system should include all telephone service suppliers in St. Joseph County; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IS RESOLVED BY THE Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows: SECTION I. The City of South Bend through its Common Council hereby petitions the St. Joseph County Commissioners and the St. Joseph County Council to enact an ordinance for a countywide emergency telephone system fund that will process fees of service users. SECTION II. The Common Council acknowledges that the fees would be used to pay for the lease, purchase, and maintenance of all Enhanced Emergency Telephone equipment necessary to provide a quality Enhanced Emergency Telephone System on a countywide basis, including all of the provisions currently under contract by the City of South Bend, the City of Mishawaka, and St. Joseph County, as well as the anticipated additional services. SECTION III. Upon adoption of this Resolution, the Common Council directs the City Clerk to send copies to the County Commissioners and to the President of the County Council of St. Joseph County. SECTION IV. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption by the Common Council and approval by the Mayor. PRESENTED Co -/ -� - NOT APPROVED ADOPTED (, - j 3 - 1�P /� IZ.A.A C IA.� c o the Comm on Council Filed In Clerk's JUN 81988 IRENE GAMMON CITY CLERK, SD, BEND, IN.