(A) A monthly fee in the amount of $1.10 is authorized to be collected by the service supplier for each service user served by the county emergency telephone system to pay for the lease, purchase or maintenance of enhanced emergency telephone equipment, including necessary computer hardware, software and data base provisions; the rates associated with the service suppliers’ enhanced emergency telephone system network services; and the personnel expenses of the emergency telephone system.
(B) Each service supplier that collects the enhanced emergency telephone fee on behalf of the county is entitled to a 3% administrative fee as compensation for collecting the fees as set forth in I.C. 36-8-16.7-29. The service provider shall remit the rest of the fees it collects during a calendar quarter to the Treasurer of the county within ten days after the last day of the quarter. At the same time such funds are remitted to the County Treasurer, the service provider shall provide a fee collection report to the County Treasurer on a form provided by the Treasurer.
(C) The County Treasurer shall deposit such fees as remitted pursuant to this ordinance into a separate fund. The fund shall be known as the “Morgan County Emergency Telephone System Fund”. The County Treasurer may invest the money in the fund in the same manner that other monies of the county may be invested. The County Treasurer shall deposit any income earned for such investment in the fund.
(D) During January of each year, each service supplier that is required to collect the fee set forth in this section shall provide the Treasurer of the county a delinquent fee report. On such report the service supplier shall list the name and address of each service user who is two or more months delinquent in paying the fee. The service provider shall also indicate the amount of the delinquency for each person listed on such list. The County Treasurer may initiate action in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the collection of such fees.
(Ord. 1-2-9, passed 12-18-1995)