(A) The Finance Officer of the county to whom 911 charges are remitted under § 31.06 of this chapter shall deposit the charges in a separate, restricted fund. The Fund shall be known as the “Emergency Telephone System Fund”. The Finance Officer may invest money in the Fund in the same manner that other money of the county may be invested. The Finance Officer shall deposit any income earned from such an investment in the Emergency Telephone System Fund.
(B) (1) Money from the Emergency Telephone System Fund shall be used only to pay for:
(a) The lease, purchase or maintenance of emergency telephone equipment, including necessary computer hardware, software and database provisioning, addressing and non-recurring costs of establishing a 911 system; and
(b) The rates associated with the service supplier’s 911 service and other service supplier recurring charges.
(2) The following expenses are not eligible for payment from the Fund: the lease or purchase of real estate, cosmetic remodeling of emergency dispatch centers, hiring, training and compensating dispatchers, and the purchase of mobile communications vehicles, ambulances, fire engines, other emergency vehicles.
(3) The county may contract with a service supplier for any term negotiated by the service supplier and the county and may make payments from the Emergency Telephone System Fund to provide any payments required by the contract.
(Ord. passed 9-17-1990)