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RESOLUTION APPROVING
A GRANT IN 911 SURCHARGE FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,000,000
FROM THE FY23 BUDGET TO THE TWO DU PAGE COUNTY
PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINTS TO BE USED CONSISTENT
WITH STATE AND FEDERAL LAW
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WHEREAS, the DuPage County Emergency Telephone System Board (“DU PAGE ETSB”) is an emergency telephone system board, established pursuant to Section 15.4 of the Local Government Emergency Telephone System Act, 50 ILCS 750/15.4 (“Act”) and the DuPage Emergency Telephone System Ordinance (“Ordinance”), DuPage County Code §20-40; and
WHEREAS, the DU PAGE ETSB is authorized and empowered, pursuant to Section 15.4 (b) of the Act to plan, implement, upgrade, and maintain an Emergency 9-1-1 System; and
WHEREAS, the ETSB is further charged with the responsibility of providing enhanced 9‐1‐1 emergency services and has designated its two answering points to serve as enhanced 9‐1‐1 public safety answering points for its jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS, the ADDISON CONSOLIDATED DISPATCH CENTER (“ACDC”) is a subdivision of the Village of Addison (“the Village”) and is one of two public safety answering points (“PSAPs”) in the DuPage ETSB 9-1-1 System, that receives and dispatches 9-1-1 calls within the DuPage ETSB geographic area for Police, Fire, and EMS services; and
WHEREAS, DU PAGE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS (“DU-COMM”) was formed by an intergovernmental agreement and is one of two public safety answering points (“PSAPs”) in the DuPage ETSB 9-1-1 System, that receives and dispatches 9-1-1 calls within the DuPage ETSB geographic area for Police, Fire, and EMS; and
WHEREAS, Illinois statute (50 ILCS 750/20 and 50 ILCS 750/30) provides for the collection of 9-1-1 surcharge funds from landline and wireless telephone customers and the distribution of those monies to local Emergency Telephone Systems Authorities, to be deposited in an Emergency Telephone System Fund Account (“the Fund”) and spent or otherwise disbursed pursuant to Illinois and Federal law and FCC regulation; and
WHEREAS, the State statute (50 ILCS 750/30), the Illinois Administrative Code (title 83 §1329), and FCC regulations (47 C.F.R. § 9.23) consider certain personnel, training, and equipment to be essential to the receipt and dispatch of a 9-1-1 call, such equipment being considered an acceptable or allowable cost pursuant to State statute and FCC regulations, for 9-1-1 surcharge; and
WHEREAS, the DU PAGE ETSB is authorized and empowered by the Ordinance (DuPage County Ord. § 20-40(2)(b)(vii) and (4)(c)(ii)) as the sole authority to authorize expenditures of all moneys collected from 9-1-1 surcharges for deposit into the Fund account; and
WHEREAS, the State statute and FCC regulations consider certain personnel, training, and equipment expenditures, among others, to be essential to the receipt and dispatch of a 9-1-1 call, such equipment being considered allowable cost pursuant to State statute and FCC regulations, for 9-1-1 surcharge; and
WHEREAS, the Constitution and laws of the State of Illinois permit units of local government to enter into intergovernmental agreements in such a manner as is not restricted by law or ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the Parties have negotiated an Intergovernmental Agreement (the “Agreement”), that outlines the rights and responsibilities of the County on behalf of DuPage ETSB and the PSAPs (“the Parties”) for the ETSB to provide grant money to be used by the PSAPs in a manner authorized by Illinois and Federal law and FCC regulation, to pay expenses incurred by the PSAPs in their operations receiving 9-1-1 calls and dispatching the appropriate public safety personnel, attached as Exhibit 1, and the authorizing bodies of the Parties are in the process of authorizing and executing the Agreement; and
WHEREAS, upon the execution of the Agreement by all parties prior to November 30, 2023, the ETS Board authorizes the sum of $1,000,000 from the DU PAGE ETSB FY23 budget; and
WHEREAS, the allocation of the $1,000,000 from the DU PAGE ETSB FY23 budget shall be $350,000 to the Village of Addison for ACDC and $650,000 to DU-COMM; and
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the DU PAGE ETSB that upon the execution of the attached Agreement by all parties prior to November 30, 2023, the ETS Board authorizes the disbursement of $1,000,000 ($350,000 to the Village of Addison for ACDC and $650,000 to DU-COMM) from the DU PAGE ETSB FY23 budget is hereby accepted and approved this 8th Day of November, 2023 at Wheaton, Illinois.
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Enacted and approved this 8th day of November, 2023 at Wheaton, Illinois.
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GREG SCHWARZE, CHAIRMAN
Attest: ___________________________________
JEAN KACZMAREK, COUNTY CLERK