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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 ...
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