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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING IMPOSITION OF A COUNTYWIDE E911 FEE The Board reviewed the following memo: TO: William Collins Acting County Administrator DATE: October 26, 1988 FILE: SUBJECT: Approval of Resolution Re- authorizing Imposition a Countywide E911 Fee for Re- curring and Non -Recurring Charges of E911 System FROM: Doug Wright, birector REFERENCES: Chapter 365.171, Florida Emergency Management Services Statutes and Indian River County Resolution 87-153 It is requested that the information contained herein be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners during the next regular scheduled meeting. DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS The Indian River County Board of County Commissioners approved im- position of a $.50 fee per line per month up to a maximum of twenty- five (25) exchange lines to fund the non-recurring charges related to the E911 system on December 22, 1988. The period authorized by Resolution number 87-153 was eighteen (18) months. The eighteen consecutive month period expires in June, 1989. During the Legislative Session of 1987, the Legislature enacted House Bill 522 which amended Section 365.171, Florida Statutes, en- titled "The Florida Emergency Telephone Act", to permit the imposi- tion of a E911 fee on all residential and business telephone lines to pay for recurring and non-recurring charges assessed to the County wide E911 emergency telephone system.. The fee may not exceed $.50 per line per month up to a maximum of twenty-five (25) access lines per account. The recurring portion of the $.50 cap will be in effect for a period of twelve (12) months at which time it will be reviewed by the Florida Division of Communi- cations and the Indian River County Board of County Commissioners. Southern Bell Telephone Company is authorized to collect an admin- istrative fee equal to one (1%) percent of the total fee collected. ALTERNATIVES AND ANALYSIS Anticipated revenue generated by the E911 surcharge totals $285,000. The computation for the recurring fee portion reflects a total of $220,785 will be needed for operation of the two primary PSAP's (Public Safety Answering Point) or $.40 of the $.50 cap. The non-recurring computation for the two PSAP's reflects a need to purchase additional capital equipment in the amount of $74,136 for Central Communications. The Vero Beach PSAP plans to be moving into a new building during the month of May, 1989, and has requested a total of $90,924 in capital equipment. It should be noted that $56,924 of the $90,924 is a one time charge by Southern Bell. It should be noted that of the 50,000 lines in Indian River County, approximately 13,000 is within the City limits of Vero Beach gener- ating approximately $65,000 in revenue. Based on the requested capital equipment for the two PSAP's, a total of $170,455 is identified for non-recurring expenses. Only $.10 of the cap is available for capital equipment purchases from this surcharge. The above computations reflect a potential deficit of approximately $106,240 if all requested capital equipment is funded. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends approval of the Resolution imposing the recurring and non-recurring E911 system fees with $.40 for recurring charges 65 OV 1 1988 HOK 75 ME 65