HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 82-107 - Requesting the State of California to Fund Certain Portions of the Costs of the 911 Emergency Telephone System ••
RESOLUTION NO . 82-/07
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING
REQUESTING THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO FUND CERTAIN
PORTIONS OF THE COSTS OF THE 911 EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SYSTEM.
WHEREAS , A .B . 515 , adopted in 1972 , established a one-
number emergency telephone system throughout the State of California,
designated as 911 , and required that the system be fully operational
by December 31 , 1982 , and
WHEREAS , S .B . 1180 , signed into law September 28 , 1979 ,
mandated a users tax of one-half of one percent be collected on the
telephone billing to each residential or centrex subscriber , which
would provide sufficient funding for the installation and servicing
of the system, and
WHEREAS , the City of Redding has now complied with the
State ' s mandate and provided the necessary telephone equipment, for
what is deemed an adequate emergency telephone service for the citi-
zens of Redding, and
WHEREAS, the State of California is paying for the installa-
tion of all the emergency telephone equipment except that equipment
classified as incremental cost equipment, and
WHEREAS , the City of Redding has , after due consideration
for the life saving capabilities and investigative abilities , vis-
a-vis the needs of its citizens , installed an automatic locations
indicator which is classified as incremental cost equipment, and
WHEREAS , sufficient funds have been and now are being col-
lected to cover the costs of the automatic location indicator , if Ll
the funds were not loaned to other State accounts , and if the interest
accruing to the funds was continued in credit to the Emergency Tele-
phone Users Tax account , and
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WHEREAS , the State of California has borrowed 20 million
dollars from the users tax account as well as diverting all interest
accrued since 1979 from the monies in the account and placing all of
the same in the State General Fund,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Redding
does hereby petition that the funds borrowed from the Emergency
Telephone Users Tax account and all interest accruing to that account
be placed back into that account , and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City
of Redding requests that the incremental costs incurred by the City
of Redding, for the installation and monthly servicing of the auto-
matic locating equipment, be refunded to the City of Redding by the
State of California from the Emergency Telephone Users Tax account.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was adopted
by the City Council of the City of Redding at a regular meeting on
the 19th day of July, 1982 , by the following vote:
AYES : COUNCILMEN: Fulton, Kirkpatrick, Pugh, and Gard
NOES : COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: Demsher
ATTEST: .\:5(1 A La ia C,1 OIQ , �• � N Ar
BARBARA A. GARD
Mayor of the City of Redding
ETHEL A. NICHOLS , City Clerk
FORM APPROVED:
RArDALL A: HAYS ; C y Attorney
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