1995-45 Establishing an Enhanced 911 System and Imposing a 911 Surcharge on All Local Exchange Access Lines in the Area to be Served by the System.KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
RESOLUTION NO. 95 -45
Introduced by: Mayor Selby
Requested by: Mayor Selby
Drafted by: Mayor Selby
Introduced: 12/07/95
Public Hearing: 12/07/95
Adopted: 12/07/95
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING AN ENHANCED 911 SYSTEM
AND IMPOSING A 911 SURCHARGE ON ALL LOCAL EXCHANGE ACCESS LINES
IN THE AREA TO BE SERVED BY THE SYSTEM
WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough is proceeding with the design and installation
of an enhanced 911 telephone system to provide the best possible emergency
telephone service at public safety answering points from a local exchange telephone
company; and
WHEREAS, Alaska Statute 29.35.131(a) provides that a municipality may establish
and impose a surcharge for enhanced 911 telephone service; and
WHEREAS, it is in the public interest to provide for the imposition and collection of
the funding necessary for the system; and
WHEREAS, it is fair and reasonable to assess the costs of the system against the
telephone users who benefit from it;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND
BOROUGH THAT:
Section 1: The mayor is authorized and directed to continue working with the City
of Kodiak and the United States Coast Guard for the design and installation of an
enhanced 911 system providing service to users of telephone service provided by any
local exchange telephone company within the prefix 486 or 487 areas of the Kodiak
Island Borough. The area to be served by the enhanced 911 system shall be all of
the prefix 486 and 487 areas of the Kodiak Island Borough.
Section 2: Beginning January 1, 1996, there is imposed a surcharge of seventy -five
cents ($.75) per month per local exchange access line within the Borough. A
customer having more than 100 local exchange access lines from a local exchange
telephone company in the Borough is liable for the 911 surcharge only to 100 local
exchange access lines.
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Section 3: A local exchange telephone company, in accordance with AS 29.35.131-
29.35.137:
a. shall include the 911 surcharge in the bills delivered to its customers;
b. shall remit the amounts collected to the Kodiak Island Borough;
c. may deduct limited administrative costs;
d. shall prorate partial payments made by its customers;
e. shall provide the Kodiak Island Borough with a list of amounts due
for nonpayment of 911 surcharges;
f. shall, at the election and the expense of the Kodiak Island Borough,
be subject to an annual audit of its books and records concerning the collection and
remittance of the 911 surcharge; and
g. shall otherwise comply with the requirements and be entitled to the
benefits of state law with respect to enhanced 911 systems.
Section 4: All funds received from the surcharge shall be passed through to the City
of Kodiak and the United States Coast Guard toward their cost of operation of the
enhanced 911 system in proportion to the amount collected from the respective
emergency services areas.
Section 5: The assembly shall annually review the 911 surcharge to determine
whether the current level of the surcharge is adequate, excessive or insufficient to
meet anticipated enhanced 911 system needs.
ATTEST:
ADOPTED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
THIS SEVENTH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1995
(Dc7n 4i
Donna F. Smith, CIVIC, Borough Clerk
Ko6ok Island Borough. Afrko
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
ns, Presiding Officer
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