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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-114-08/19/1997-ACCESS FACILITY CHARGE LARIMER EMERGENCY LETA TELEPHONE EXCHANGE RESOLUTION 97-114 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS ESTABLISHING A TELEPHONE EXCHANGE ACCESS FACILITY CHARGE FOR THE LARIMER EMERGENCY TELEPHONE AUTHORITY EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1998 WHEREAS,the Larimer Emergency Telephone Authority was created pursuant to §29-11- 101, et. seq., C.R.S., by an Intergovernmental Agreement Concerning the Implementation of an "E911" Emergency Telephone Service, dated November 14, 1990, between certain governmental entities located in Larimer County, Colorado; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the aforesaid statutory authority and Ordinance No. 164, 1989, adopted by the City Council on April 3, 1990, the City Council is authorized to raise, lower, or reestablish a telephone exchange access facility charge to be assessed telephone service users in the City of Fort Collins; and WHEREAS,pursuant to the terms of the aforesaid Ordinance and by adoption of Resolution 96-135, the City Council approved a telephone exchange access facility charge of fifty cents ($.50) per month effective January 1, 1997, and continuing in effect for one year; and WHEREAS, the City Council has been advised that in light of the current reserves of the Larimer Emergency Telephone Authority generated by the volume of additional telephones in Larimer County, it is now appropriate that the telephone exchange access facility charge for the calendar year 1998 be reduced to forty-five cents ($.45) per month; and WHEREAS,the City Council has determined that the continuation of a telephone exchange access facility charge at the rate of forty-five cents ($.45)per month is necessary and appropriate to adequately fund emergency telephone services in the City of Fort Collins. NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, as follows: Section 1. That commencing January 1, 1998, the telephone exchange access facility charge shall be reduced to forty-five cents ($.45) per month per exchange access facility. Section 2. That telephone service suppliers providing telephone service in the city of Fort Collins are authorized to collect the telephone exchange access facility charge in accordance with §29-11-101, et. seq., C.R.S. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Councik-helo this 19th_.dayaf,August, A.D. 1997. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk