HomeMy WebLinkAboutIndiana Petitioning the St. Joseph County Commissioners and County Council to Adopt an Enhanced Emergency Telephone System FeeRESOLUTION
NO. 1620 -88
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana,
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of Common Council.
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend,
June 14, 1988
Approved and signed by me `l O 19 %�z.
Clerk
Mayor
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
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c o the Comm on Council
Filed In Clerk's
JUN 81988
IRENE GAMMON
CITY CLERK, SD, BEND, IN.