[Adopted 12-12-1989 by L.L. No. 6-1989, approved 12-22-1989]
This Article shall be known as the "911 Surcharge Law."
When used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, unless the specific context clearly indicates otherwise:
E911 SYSTEM An enhanced emergency telephone service which automatically connects a person dialing the digits 911 to the established public servicing answering point, which includes but shall not be limited to selective routing, automatic number identification and automatic location identification.
PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCY A functional division of a public agency which provides or has the authority to provide police, fire fighting, emergency medical or ambulance services or other emergency services or private entity which provides emergency medical or ambulance services.
PUBLIC SERVICE ANSWERING POINT The communications facility which receives 911 calls from persons within the 911 service area and directly dispatches the services of a public safety agency or extends, transfers, relays or otherwise routes 911 calls to the appropriate public safety agency.
SERVICE SUPPLIER The telephone corporation which provides local exchange access service within the 911 service area.
SYSTEM COSTS The costs associated with obtaining and maintaining telecommunication equipment and the telephone services costs necessary to establish and provide an E911 system.
All surcharge moneys remitted to the county by a service supplier and all other moneys dedicated to the payment of system costs from whatever source derived or received by the county shall be expended only upon authorization of the County Legislature and only for payment of system costs as permitted by this article. The county shall separately account and keep adequate books and records of the amount and source of all such revenues and of the amount and object or purpose of all expenditures thereof. If at the end of any fiscal year the total amount of all such revenues exceeds the amount necessary and expended for payment of system costs in such fiscal year, such unencumbered cash surplus shall be carried over for the payment of system costs in the following fiscal year. However, if at the end of any fiscal year such unencumbered cash surplus exceeds an amount equal to 5% of that necessary for the payment of system costs in such fiscal year, the County Legislature shall by local law reduce the surcharge for the following fiscal year to a level which more adequately reflects the system cost requirements of its E911 system. The County Legislature may also by local law reestablish or increase such surcharge, subject to the provisions of § 303 of Article 6 of the County Law, if the revenues generated by such surcharge and by any other source are not adequate to pay for system costs.
[Adopted 10-12-1999 by L.L. No. 8-1999, approved 10-28-1999]
The Legislature hereby establishes the following policy for providing 911 call delivery service in Monroe County.
A. "911" shall be the primary public safety number in this county.
B. The form of 911 call delivery shall be the nonselective routed form, with all 911 trunk lines terminating in the county's general dispatch facility. All wireline and wireless carriers operating within Monroe County, New York, shall route all 911 calls placed by their subscribers operating within Monroe County directly to the Rochester/Monroe County Office of Emergency Communications. These communications may be by cellular or personal communications services (PCS) phone, may be digital or analog in nature, and may be voice or data.
C. To facilitate the 911 call delivery system and the dispatching of public safety agency equipment, there shall be a computer-aided dispatch support system.
D. To ensure the accuracy of dispatch, both automatic number identification (ANI) and automatic location identification (ALI) shall be provided in this system as required by New York State and federal statutes, codes, rules and regulations.
E. A formal personnel training and certification program for employees in the central dispatch facility shall be maintained.
F. The County of Monroe shall finance, administer, contract and/or staff the operations of the Central Public Safety Communications Facility.
G. A satisfactory method of financing the operations of the Central Public Safety Communications Facility by the County shall be determined, either from the county's general fund or through a charge to telephone users, or a combination of these and other methods.
H. The costs associated with any special services not designed for availability and provision county-wide to all jurisdictions which are desired by individual agencies or groups shall be charged to the agency served.
I. A telephone location data base needed for the automatic location identification feature shall be maintained.