(A) A monthly fee of $2.06 per telephone access line, or other exchange access facility, will be collected by the service supplier to pay the lease, purchase, or maintenance of enhanced emergency telephone equipment, including necessary computer hardware, software, and database provisioning, and the rates associated with the service suppliers’ enhanced emergency telephone system network services.
(B) The service supplier(s) shall be entitled to retain an administrative fee of 3% of the monthly fees collected as compensation for collecting the fees.
(C) All monthly fees collected, except for the 3% administrative fee, shall be remitted to the County Treasurer within ten days after the last day of the calendar quarter. The service supplier shall provide a fee collection report to the County Auditor (fiscal officer) of the county at the same time the collected fees are remitted. The service supplier shall prepare the report on a form provided by the County Auditor.
(D) The County Auditor shall deposit the remitted fees in a separate fund named the County Emergency Telephone System Fund. The County Treasurer may invest monies in the fund in the same manner that other monies of the county are invested, with the interest earned from such investment to be deposited in that fund.
(E) During January of each year, each service supplier that collects the enhanced emergency telephone system fee for the county shall provide a delinquent fee report to the County Auditor. The report shall list the name, address, and amount due for each service user who is two, or more, months delinquent in paying the fee.
(Council Ord. 2005-18, passed 5-12-2005)