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File #: 0314-2024    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 1/23/2024 In control: Public Safety & Criminal Justice Committee
On agenda: 2/12/2024 Final action: 2/14/2024
Title: To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with Franklin County for the receipt of wireless 9-1-1 Government Assistance Funds; and to declare an emergency.
Attachments: 1. 0314-2024 Draft Agreement, 2. 0314-2024 County Resolution
Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Department of Public Safety entered into an Intergovernmental Agreement with Franklin County for the receipt of wireless 9-1-1 Government Assistance Funds as authorized by Ordinance 0042-2010 in January 2010. The wireless 9-1-1 fund was established due to the State of Ohio passing SB 361 which enacted a service charge of 28 cents per month for each wireless telephone number in the State of Ohio. Therefore, pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 307.15, this ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Public Safety to renew an Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of Columbus and Franklin County concerning wireless 9-1-1 Funds (Governmental Assistance Funds). Franklin County is responsible for the distribution of the Wireless 9-1-1 Government Assistance Funds received from the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio and from the Ohio Department of Taxation beginning January 1, 2020.

Ohio Revised Code Section 128.57 allows for the continuation of a monthly fee billed to each wireless telephone number in the State of Ohio. The wireless service providers are required to bill for, collect, and remit the charges to the state which, in turn, distributes the proceeds to the eighty-eight counties in Ohio. The proceeds are disbursed to various jurisdictions based on the number of wireless service subscribers in the county. The funds are to pay for the subdivision's equipment and personnel costs of the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) providing the wireless enhanced 9-1-1 system, including call taking and dispatching operations. The City of Columbus is one of five PSAP agencies to receive funds from the proceeds in Franklin County.

FISCAL IMPACT: The City of Columbus is the largest PSAP in Franklin County by population and by virtue of receiving approximately three quarters of all wireless 9-1-1 calls. The funds will be used to partially pay personnel costs of those employees engaged in wireless 9-1-1 call taking and di...

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