S1-99 Ordinance No. S1-99
AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. S13-90, AN ORDINANCE IMPOSING
A SURCHARGE ON CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION CARRIERS FOR THE
PURPOSE OF INSTALLING A 9-1-1 EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SERVICE
WHEREAS, 50 ILCS 750/0 . 01 et seq. , known as the "Emergency
Telephone System Act" (hereinafter the "Act" ) authorizes
municipalities engaged in the business of transmitting messages
by means of electricity originating within the corporate limits
of the municipality and terminating within the State of
Illinois to impose a surcharge within the corporate limits of
the municipality in order to pay for the installation,
upgrading and maintenance of a 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone
System; and
WHEREAS, the Act further provides that upon the passage of
an ordinance imposing such a surcharge by a municipality, the
question of whether such surcharge may be imposed shall be
submitted to the electors of the municipality; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance S14-88 established a surcharge of
sixty-five ( $ . 65) per month on all telecommunication carriers
engaged in the business of transmitting message by means of
electricity within the corporate limits of the City of Elgin
001'* and terminating within the State of Illinois at a rate per
network connection of sixty-five ($ . 65) per month; and
WHEREAS, on April 4 , 1989 said surcharge was approved at
the regular municipal election; and
WHEREAS, on April 26 , 1989 Ordinance S14-88 was amended by
Ordinance No. S11-89 ; and
WHEREAS, on August 8, 1990 Ordinance S11-89 was amended by
Ordinance S13-90 .
WHEREAS, it is necessary and desirable to amend Ordinance
S13-90 .
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS, that Section 5 of Ordinance S13-90
passed on August 8, 1990, is amended to read as follows :
"Section 5 . Emergency Telephone System Board
All monies received by a board pursuant to a
surcharge imposed under Section 1 shall be deposited
into a separate interest-bearing Emergency Telephone
System Fund account. The treasurer of the
municipality or county that has established the board
or, in the case of a joint board, any municipal or
county treasurer designated in the intergovernmental
agreement, shall be custodian of the fund. All
interest accruing on the fund shall remain in he
fund. No expenditures may be made from such fund
except upon the direction of the board by resolution
passed by a majority of all members of the board.
Expenditures may be made only to pay for the costs
associated with the following:
1 . The design of the Emergency Telephone
System.
2 . The coding of an initial Master Street
Address Guide data base, and update and maintenance
thereof .
3 . The repayment of any monies advanced for
the implementation of the system.
4 . The charges for Automatic Number
Identification and Automatic Location Identification
equipment, mobile data transmitters equipped with
automatic vehicle locators, and maintenance,
replacement and update thereof.
5 . The non-recurring charges related to
installation of the Emergency Telephone System and
the ongoing network charges .
6 . The acquisition and installation, or the
reimbursement of costs therefore to other
governmental bodies that have incurred those costs,
of road or street signs that are essential to the
implementation of the emergency telephone system and
that are not duplicative of signs that are the
responsibility of the jurisdiction charged with
maintaining road and street signs .
7 . Other products and services necessary for
the implementation, upgrade, and maintenance of the
system and any other purpose related to the operation
of the system, including costs attributable directly
to the construction, leasing, or maintenance of any
buildings or facilities or costs of personnel
attributable directly to the operation of the system.
Costs attributable directly to the operation of the
emergency telephone system do not include the costs
of public safety agency personnel who are and
equipment that is dispatched in response to an
emergency call . "
Section 2 . This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect upon passage and publication in the manner provided by
law, provided further, this ordinance shall be deemed to apply
retroactively to the 1998 fiscal year.
Kevin Kelly, May
Presented: February 24, 1999
Passed: February 24 , 1999
Omnibus Vote: Yeas 6 Nays 0
Recorded: February 25, 1999
Published:
Attest:
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Dolonna Mecum, City Clerk
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