The MCETSB shall have the power and duty to perform the following functions:
(A) Planning of a “9-1-1” system;
(B) Upgrading or maintenance of the system, including the establishment of equipment specifications and coding systems;
(C) Receiving monies from the surcharge imposed under County Board ordinance passed and adopted November 15, 1994, and from any other source, for deposit into the Emergency Telephone System Fund;
(D) Authorizing all disbursements from the fund;
(E) Hiring any staff necessary for the implementation or upgrade of the system;
(F) Causing all monies received by the MCETSB pursuant to the surcharge to be deposited into a separate interest-bearing Emergency Telephone System Fund account of which the Treasurer of the County is custodian, causing all interest accrued on the fund to remain in the Fund, and to make no expenditures from said Fund except by resolution passed by a majority of all members of the MCETSB; which expenditures to be made only to pay for costs associated with the following:
(1) The design of the emergency telephone system;
(2) The coding of initial master street address guide data base and updating maintenance thereof;
(3) The repayment of any monies advanced for the implementation of the system;
(4) The charges for automatic number identification and automatic location identification equipment;
(5) The non-recurring charges related to installation of the emergency telephone system and the ongoing network charges; and
(6) Other products and services including personnel costs necessary for the implementation, upgrade, and maintenance of the system, including costs directly attributable to the construction, leasing, or maintenance of any building or facilities or costs of personnel directly attributable to the opening of the system, costs directly attributable to the operation of the emergency telephone system do not include the costs of public safety agency personnel who are and equipment that is dispatched in response to any emergency call.
(G) Assigning names to new streets and roads.
(Ord. 95.2, passed 1-10-1995; ; Ord. 95.5, passed 2-14-1995; Ord. 0-96.3, passed 11-12-1996)