(A) In accordance with I.C. 36-8-16, an emergency telephone system fee may be established to provide the funding for an "Enhanced Emergency Telephone System" which utilizes the three digit number 911 to send automatic number and location identification for reporting police, fire, medical or other emergency situations.
(B) (1) A monthly fee of $.27 per telephone access line will be collected by the service supplier to pay for the lease, purchase or maintenance of enhanced emergency telephone equipment, including necessary computer hardware, software and data base provisioning; and the rates associated with the service suppliers' enhanced emergency telephone system network services.
(2) The fee will be determined by dividing the total monthly system cost by the total number of telephone subscribers in the service area to be covered.
(C) Each service supplier that collects the enhanced emergency telephone system fee on behalf of the city is entitled to a 3% administrative fee as compensation for collecting the fees. The remaining amount of the fee collected during the calendar quarter shall be remitted to the fiscal officer of the city within ten days after the last day of the quarter. At the same time the collected fees are remitted, the service supplier shall provide a fee collection report to the Fiscal Officer of the city on a form provided by the Fiscal Officer.
(Ord. G-88-117, passed 6-6-1988)