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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988 Ordinance No. 019ORDINANCE NO. /_fl SERIES OF 1988 BY AUTHORITY COUNCIL BILL NO. 18 INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KOZACEK AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 45, SERIES OF 1987, AND ORDINANCE NO. 60, SERIES OF 1987, CODIFIED IN TITLE 4, ENGLEWOOD MUNICIPAL CODE 1985, PERTAINING TO EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SERVICE AUTHORITY. WHEREAS, in the interest of protecting and preserving public safety and welfare, it is desirable that the citizens of the City of Englewood, Colorado, be provided with erner~ency telephone service; and · v~IERE.AS, one of~the proposed parties to the Intergovernmental Agreement creating the Authority has decided not to participate; NOW 1 'rH.l.<REFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, THAT: Section.l. Ordinance 45, Series of 1987, Section 2, and Ordinance No. 60 1 Series of i987, pertaining to Emergency Telephone Service Authority as codified in Title 4, Chapter 8, Englewood Municipal Code 1985, is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 2. This ordinance shall be effective upon signature of Intergovernmental Agreement creating the Emergency Telephone Service Authority by the Mayor and attestation by the City Clerk. It is not necessary that all proposed members approve said agreement. Introduced, read in full, and passed on first reading on the 6th day of June, 1988. Published as a Bill for an Ordinance on the 8th day of June, 1988. Read by title and passed on final reading on the 20th day of June, 1988. Published by title as Ordinance No. 4-, Series of 1988, on the 22nd day of June, 1988. ~~~-~---- Susan Van Dyke, Mayor ,( ., I, Patricia H. Crow, City Clerk for the City of Englewood, Colorado, hereby certify the above and foregoing is a true copy of the Ordinance passed on final reading and published by title as <k~:o'. L!l.,, ~988, · --VLt/fz-£ · ·· ---- Patricia H. Crow DATE June 2, 1988 INITIATED BY ACTION PROPOSED C O U N C I L C O M M U N I C A T I O N AGENDA ITEM SUBJECT Amendment to Ordinance #45, Series of 1987, Emergency Charge Upon Telephone Exchange Access Facility Robert Holmes, Police Chief Amending Ordinance No. 45, Series of 1987, concerning the Intergovernmental Agreement creating the Emergency Telephone Service Authority to provide for the exclusion of the City of Littleton INTRODUCTION Ordinance 45, Series 1987, was passed by city council in September 1987. It pro- vides for the amending of Title 4 by adding a new chapter 7, imposing an emergency charge upon telephone exchange access facilities within the City of Englewood, and authorized service suppliers to collect the emergency telephone access service charge. The access service charge will pay for the cost of the new, enhanced 911 Emergency Telephone System. The ordinance also creates an Emergency Telephone Service Authority through the signing of an intergovernmental agreement with all other government subdivisions within Arapahoe County (except Aurora). Section 2 states that the ordinance will not become effective until the agreement creating the Emergency Telephone Service Authority is signed by all parties to the agreement. The intergovernmental agreement presented to the city council at the time the ordinance was passed included all governmental subdivisions within Arapahoe County, except Aurora which has established its own separate authority. BACKGROUND Since September 1987, all government subdivisions included in the original agree- ment, except Littleton and the Littleton Fire District, have signed the agreement. Therefore, rather than allow Englewood citizens and all other citizens in the au- thority area to be deprived of the E911 System because of Littleton's failure to sign the agreement, Mountain Bell, Arapahoe County, and all of the balance of cities and districts in the county have agreed to modify the geographic boundaries of the Emergency Telephone Service Authority to exclude Littleton. The new authority can then proceed with the E911 project. FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS Within the original authority area, the emergency access tariff was estimated at 28 to 32 cents per month per exchange access facility. This may increase slightly, but will be well within the tariff limits approved by the Public Utilities Commission. There will be no cost or impact on any City of Englewood revenues or general fund expenditures. LEGAL OPINION It is the opinion of the city attorney that the amendment to this ordinance is necessary to provide for the change in the intergovernmental agreement and facili- tate implementation of Ordinance 45, Series 1987. The city attorney's office has prepared the required amendment and ordinance language. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS The system is already operational in Adams and Jefferson Counties and well into development in Denver and Aurora. Two years following the signing of the inter- governmental agreement is required for development, manufacturing and installation of the system. Therefore, immediate approval of this proposal is strongly recommended.