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ORDINANCE NO. 1662 SERIES 2014 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 3.30 OF THE LOUISVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING AN EMERGENCY TELEPHONE CHARGE WHEREAS, the Colorado Emergency Telephone Service Act, C.R.S. § 29-11-101, et seq. (the "Act"), authorizes governing bodies to enter into intergovernmental agreements for the purpose of providing an enhanced emergency telephone service system ("E-911 System") and to impose an emergency telephone charge to pay for the equipment and installation costs and the directly related operating costs of the E-911 System; and - WHEREAS, pursuant to said authority, the City entered into an Intergovernmental Agreement concerning the implementation of an E-911 Emergency Telephone Service with the County of Boulder in September 1987 and adopted Chapter 3.30 of the Louisville Municipal Code imposing an emergency telephone charge in an amount not to exceed $0.75 per month; and WHEREAS, the Boulder Regional Emergency Telephone Authority (BRETSA) was formed pursuant to the Intergovernmental Agreement in 1987 to provide E-911 telephone and dispatching services in the City; and WHEREAS, BRETSA has recommended an increase in the emergency telephone charge from $0.50 to $0.75 per phone call beginning July 15, 2014 to cover support and operating expenses for E-911 telephone services, emergency notification systems (e.g. reverse 911), computer aided dispatch (CAD), digital loggers (phone/radio recorders), other capital/non-capital equipment and maintenance needs, network infrastructure to include inter-connecting the PSAPs (fiber, redundancy, backup support), technical training needs, and the maintenance of massive databases which directly support CAD: Geographic Information System (GIS), Master Street Address Guide (MSAG), and Automatic Location Information (ALI); and WHEREAS, while Chapter 3.30 of the Louisville Municipal Code currently authorizes the proposed rate increase, the City Council desires to update Section 3.30.010 to reflect current statutory language used in the Act; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE, COLORADO: Section 1. Chapter 3.30 of the Louisville Municipal Code is hereby by amended to read as follows (words to be added are underlined; words to be deleted are stricken through): Chapter 3.30 EMERGENCY TELEPHONE CHARGE Sec. 3.30.010. Imposed. Sec. 3.30.020. Collected. Ordinance No. 1662, Series 2014 Page 1 of 3