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am 97 PAGE 7®3 <br />RESOLUTION REAUTHORIZING HYMOSITION OF E911 FEE <br />The Board reviewed the following memo dated 3/15/96: <br />TO: Board of County Commissioners <br />THROUGH: Jim Chandler, County Administrator <br />FROM: Doug Wright, Director <br />Emergency Services <br />DATE: March 15, 1996 <br />SUBJECT: Approval of Resolution Reauthorizing.Imposition <br />of E911 Fee <br />It is respectfully requested that the information contained herein <br />be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners <br />at the next regular scheduled meeting. <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS: <br />The Florida Legislature in 1991 passed legislation amending Chapter <br />365.171, revising provisions relating to the "911" -fee which <br />permits county governments to impose a fee on all residential and <br />business telephone lines to pay for expenses associated with the <br />operation of the E911 system with a cap of $.50. <br />The revisions approved by the legislature provide for the following <br />actions: <br />1. Deleted the requirement for annual approval of a county's <br />recurring fee by.the Division of Communications; <br />2. Specified that a fund be established exclusively for. 911 <br />fee revenues and expenditures; <br />3. Established that 911 funds be used only for specified <br />purposes; <br />4. Requires an annual audit of the fund; <br />5. Provides for carry over of funds; and <br />6. Provides for expenditure of fees for certain employee <br />positions. <br />In FY 94-95, the Indian River County Board of County Commissioners <br />approved imposition of a $.48 fee per line (up to a maximum of 25 <br />access lines per account bill rendered) per month to fund the <br />permitted charges and expenses of the two Public Safety Answering <br />Points (PSAP) in the County. <br />Information from Southern Bell indicates that Indian River County <br />has a total of 69,276 lines which would be charged the 911 fee. If <br />the Board approves the recommended charge of $.48 and all parties <br />paid the fee, it would generate approximately $399,000 in revenue, <br />less the 1% Southern Bell collection fee, which is sufficient to <br />fund the prior approved budget for the current fiscal year. The <br />matter is now before the Board of County Commissioners for approval <br />of the Resolution to reauthorize the E911 fee for FY 95-96 at $.48 <br />which is the same as the past fiscal year. <br />MARCH 26, 1996 <br />26 <br />I ] <br />