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The City will oppose unilateral increases in fines or assessments as means of increased <br /> support to State-sponsored programs or activities. The City will support legislation to <br /> allow flexibility in the amount of assessments imposed, as well as legislation to <br /> reimburse the City for the cost of collecting the mandated State and County assessments. <br /> <br />B. EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS AND 9-1-1 SERVICES <br /> <br /> 1. 9-1-1 TELEPHONE EXCISE TAX - ADEQUACY AND DISTRIBUTION <br /> <br /> Revenue from the 9-1-1 telephone excise tax needs to be closely monitored to ensure that <br /> it adequately covers the full local cost of providing this mandated service. Where this is <br /> not the case, the City of Eugene supports legislation to increase revenue to local <br /> jurisdictions to operate the system and/or to reevaluate the 1% guaranteed distribution <br /> floor to counties that is inequitable. <br /> <br /> 2. RESTORATION AND PROTECTION OF 9-1-1 TAX REVENUES <br /> <br /> In the 3rd Special Session of 2002, $7 million was diverted from the PSAP Consolidation <br /> Incentive Fund and $2 million from the Enhanced 9-1-1 Sub-Account (to pay for Phase II <br /> wireless location implementation) to credit the State's General Fund. Aside from being a <br /> poor precedent of diverting 9-1-1 funds from the intended purpose for which they were <br /> collected from the public, this diversion set back the implementation of life-saving <br /> Enhanced 9-1-1 technology which would enable 9-1-1 operators to locate wireless callers <br /> and dispatch necessary information to emergency responders. <br /> <br /> 3. FLEXIBILITY FOR PSAP ALIGNMENT <br /> <br /> The City recognizes that some consolidation of Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) <br /> should occur statewide. However, a one-size-fits-all approach of consolidating to a <br /> single PSAP per county could prove costly and reduce levels of service in Lane County <br /> and other regions. Lane County includes 4 PSAPs geographically spread out across the <br /> Oregon Coast, Willamette Valley, and Cascades, providing high standards of emergency <br /> response that a single PSAP alignment would be hard pressed to meet. Additionally, <br /> consolidation to a single PSAP might necessitate costs for new facilities. <br /> <br /> Recommendation: <br /> <br /> 1. The City supports legislation authorizing merit based flexibility for multiple <br /> PSAP configuration in a county, using levels of services and realized cost <br /> savings as criteria. <br /> <br /> 4. TRAINING 9-1-1 CALL TAKERS <br /> <br />City of Eugene Legislative Policies, 2005 Session 34 <br /> <br /> <br />