Impact
WARD / COUNCILMEMBER: City Wide
$ IMPACT:
Title
Approval of Resolution 2020-14 reaffirms the necessity for the $1.50 911 charge on telephone subscribers served by the enhanced 911 system for the fiscal year.
Body
ISSUE AND BACKGROUND:
The City of Smyrna is operating an enhanced 911 system which facilitates the dispatching of emergency services to the residents of Smyrna; and the City has imposed and collected a monthly 911 charge of $1.50 from telephone subscribers within the area served by such system and has established a separate restricted revenue fund into which the 911 charges are deposited; and these funds alone are not sufficient to pay for the operation of the enhanced 911 system and the City must annually reaffirm the need for the $1.50 911 charge on telephone subscribers.
RECOMMENDATION / REQUESTED ACTION: Staff recommends approval of Resolution 2020-14 reaffirming the necessity for the $1.50 911 charge on telephone subscribers served by the enhanced 911 system for the fiscal year.