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HomeMy WebLinkAbout399_Collection of E_911 FeesBOOK 5137 PAGE 1670 753263 STATE OF OKLAHOMA TULSA COUNTY FILED OR RECORDED 88 NOV - 1 PM 4:04 JOAN HASTINGS TULSA COUNTY CLERK ORDINANCE NO. 399 CITY OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO NINE- ONE -ONE EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SERVICE WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF OWASSO; AMENDING PART THIRTEEN, PUBLIC SAFETY, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA, BY REPEALING CHAPTER SIX (6), SECTIONS 13 -600 THROUGH 13 -610 INCLUSIVE AND ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 6, SECTIONS 13 -600 THROUGH 13 -610 INCLUSIVE; PROVIDING A SHORT TITLE; DEFINING TERMS; LEVYING AN EMERGENCY TELEPHONE FEE, PURSUANT TO 63 O.S.SUPP., SECTION 2811 ET SEQ., OF FIVE PERCENT (5$) OF THE TARIFF RATE FOR THE FIRST YEAR AND THREE PERCENT (3°s) FOR THE FOLLOWING TWO YEARS; PROVIDING FOR THE ANNUAL FIXING OF THE EMERGENCY TELEPHONE FEE RATE; PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF THE EMERGENCY TELEPHONE FEE; PLACING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SERVICE UNDER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT; CREATING AN EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SERVICE MANAGEMENT BOARD; PRESCRIBING THE DUTIES OF SAID MANAGEMENT BOARD; PROVIDING FOR TERMINATION OF THE EMERGENCY TELEPHONE FEE; PROVIDING AN OPERATIVE DATE FOR THIS ORDINANCE; MAKING IT AN OFFENSE TO WILLFULLY FAIL TO REMIT THE EMERGENCY TELEPHONE FEE AND PROVIDING A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00), EXCLUDING COSTS; MAKING IT AN OFFENSE TO CALL THE NUMBER NINE - ONE -ONE TO REPORT FALSE INFORMATION AND PROVIDING A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) EXCLUDING COSTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA: Section 1. That Part Thirteen of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Owasso, Oklahoma, be and the same is hereby amended by repealing Chapter Six (6), Sections 13 -600 through 13 -610 and in lieu thereof, to be codified as Chapter 6, Sections 13 -600 through 13 -610 inclusive and to read as follows: SECTION 13 -600 SHORT TITLE This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "The Owasso Nine - One -One Emergency Number Ordinance." SECTION 13 -601 DEFINITIONS As used in this shall have the folio, A. "Emergency telephone system nine - one -one (911), appropriate public Chapter the following words and phrases aing meanings: telephone service" shall mean a utilizing a three -digit number, for reporting any emergency to an agency providing law enforcement, fire, BOOK 5137 PAGE 1671 medical, or other emergency services, including ancillary communication systems and personnel which are necessary to pass reported emergencies to an appropriate emergency service or any appropriate emergency service personnel within the corporate limits of the City of Owasso. B. "Emergency telephone fee" shall mean a fee used to finance the operation of the emergency telephone service, so as to provide service users within the corporate limits of the City of Owasso access to the emergency telephone service. C. "City" shall mean the City of Owasso, Oklahoma, a municipal corporation. D. "Local exchange telephone company" shall mean any company providing exchange telephone service to any service user within the corporate limits of the City of Owasso. E. "Person" shall mean any individual, firm, partnership, co- partnership, joint venture, association, cooperative organization, private corporation, whether organized for profit or not, fraternal organization, nonprofit organization, estate, trust, business or common law trust, receiver, assignee for the benefit of creditors, trustee or trustee in bankruptcy, the United States of America, or any agency thereof, the state, political subdivisions of the state, state agencies, departments, commissions, boards, bureaus or any other service user within the corporate limits of the City of Owasso. F. "Service user" shall mean any person who is provided exchange telephone service within the corporate limits of the City of Owasso. G. "Tariff rate" shall mean the rate or rates billed by the local exchange telephone company stated in tariffs applicable for such company as approved by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, which represents the recurring charges of the local exchange telephone company for exchange telephone service or its equivalent, exclusive of all taxes, fees, licenses or similar charges whatsoever. SECTION 13 -602 EMERGENCY TELEPHONE FEE A. Pursuant to the Oklahoma Nine - One -One (911) Emergency Number Act, 63 O.S. Section 2811, et seq., there is hereby levied, upon all service users subject to the jurisdiction of the City of Owasso for which emergency telephone service has been contracted, an emergency telephone fee, in the amount of five percent (5 %) of the tariff rate in the first year of the fee, and in the amount of three percent (3 %) of the tariff rate for the following two (2) years; provided, that the electors of the City may impose a fee of up to five percent (5 %) of the tariff rate in any year after the first year of the fee. Such fee, as herein provided, shall be imposed for a period of three (3) years, after first collection of said fee; after which the governing body of the city may renew the levy of such fee by amendment hereto, for no longer that three (3) years at a time. Amounts collected in excess of that necessary for operation within a given year shall be carried forward to subsequent years. No such fee shall be imposed upon more than One Hundred (100) exchange access lines or its equivalent per person per location. -2- BOOK 5137 PAGE 1672 B. At least once each calendar year after first collection of said fee, Paragraph A hereof notwithstanding, the governing body of the City shall establish a fee rate, by amendment hereof, if necessary, not to exceed an amount authorized by the Oklahoma Nine - One -One Emergency Number Act. The rate so fixed, together with any surplus revenues, shall not exceed sufficient revenues to fund authorized expenditures for operation of the emergency telephone service. The governing body shall make its determination of the fee rate each year after the first collection of said fee no later than September 1 and shall fix the new rate, if any, to take effect commencing with the first billing period of each service user on or following the next January 1. C. The governing body of the City shall, at least ninety (90) days before any new rate shall become effective, notify each local exchange telephone company providing emergency telephone service to areas within the jurisdiction of the City of Owasso of the new rates by certified mail. SECTION 13 -603 COLLECTION OF FEE A. The emergency telephone fee shall be collected monthly by a local exchange telephone company at the same time charges for exchange telephone services are collected and in accordance with the regular billing practices of said company. Provided that collection of the emergency telephone fee shall begin on the 1st day of January, 1989. In the event any service user tenders a payment in an amount insufficient to satisfy all charges for tariff rates, credit shall be given first to the emergency telephone fee. B. All fees collected by a local exchange telephone company pursuant to this Chapter shall be remitted to the City, together with any accumulated interest, no later than thirty (30) days, after the close of the month in which the fees were collected. Such remittance shall be submitted with a return on a form acceptable to the City and the local exchange telephone company. C. The local exchange telephone company shall maintain a complete and accurate set of records on the amount of any fees collected. Such records shall be maintained for a period of one (1) year from the end of any fiscal year in which the fee was collected. The City may, at its own expense, require an annual audit of such records. SECTION 13 -604 ADMINISTRATION OF TELEPHONE SERVICE Nine - one -one emergency telephone services of the City of Owasso shall be under the administration of the Owasso Police Department. The Police Department is hereby authorized, empowered and charged with the duty to maintain, operate and administer the emergency telephone service consistent with the distinctive duties, responsibilities and expertise of the Fire Department, the Police Department, the Ambulance Service, and subject to the powers and duties of the Emergency Telephone Service Management Board. SECTION 13 -605 EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SERVICE MANAGEMENT BOARD CREATED There is hereby created an Emergency Telephone Service Management Board whose membership shall comprise the Chief of the Owasso Fire Department; the Chief of the Owasso -3- BOOK 5137 PAGE 1673 Police Department and the City Manager of the City of Owasso. Each member of the Board shall have one vote. The Board shall elect a Chairperson, Vice - Chairperson, Secretary, and other such officers as they deem necessary. Officers shall serve a term of two (2) years. Regular meetings of the Board shall be held as often as a majority of the Board deems proper. Special and Emergency meetings of the Board may be called by any member. SECTION 13 -606 DUTIES OF THE EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SERVICE MANAGEMENT BOARD The Emergency Telephone Service Management Board is hereby authorized, empowered and charged with the following duties: A. Establishment of all policies, procedures, rules and regulations governing the utilization of the emergency telephone service of the City of Owasso by any department, agency or entity. B. The recommendation of qualifications and standards for subordinate employees and positions authorized to operate the emergency telephone service. C. Development, supervision and administration of the budget and expenditure of funds for the emergency telephone service, consistent with the budget, financial, and legal policies and procedures of the City. D. The recommendation to the governing body of the City of the terms and conditions of contracts with outside agencies and suppliers related to the utilization of the emergency telephone service. E. The planning of activities associated with services, facilities and resources related to the operation of the emergency telephone service. F. The identification, for acquisition, of capital additions, facilities, improvements and expansions and all other needs of the emergency telephone service, consistent with the City's budgetary and capital improvement policies and procedures. G. The effective and efficient operation of the emergency telephone service. SECTION 13 -607 TERMINATION OF FEE The emergency telephone fee imposed by this Chapter shall terminate no later than three years after the first collection of said fee, unless renewed in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Nine - One -One Emergency Number Act. SECTION 13 -608 FAILURE TO REMIT FEE Any service user willfully failing or refusing to remit or pay any emergency telephone fee or portion thereof rightfully due under this Chapter shall be guilty of an offense, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), excluding costs. Each separate failure or refusal to remit or pay the emergency telephone fee hereof shall be deemed a separate offense and shall be punished accordingly. -4- BOOK 5137 PAGE 1674 SECTION 13 -609 FALSE REPORTING No person shall call the number nine - one -one for the purpose of making a false alarm or complaint or reporting false information which could result in the dispatch of emergency services from any public agency. Any person violating the provisions of this Section, upon conviction, shall be guilty of an offense punishable by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), excluding costs. SECTION 13 -610 OPERATIVE DATE Section 1. This Chapter shall be operative sixty (60) days after its publication unless its passage is made subject to an election provided for in Title 63 O.S.Supp., § 2814, as amended. Section 2. If any section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance shall be declared invalid for any reason whatsoever, such decision shall not affect the remaining portions of this Ordinance, which shall remain in full force and effect and to this end, the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared to be severable. Section 3. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict therewith are hereby repealed. Section 4. This Ordinance shall take effect upon the expiration of thirty (30) days from the date of first publication. PASSED and approved this 6th day of September, 1988. CITY OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA STACY LAMB, MAYOR ATTEST: Jane Buchanan, City clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: Ronald D. Cates, City Attorney -5- INCOG a voluntary association of local governments serving creek, osage and tulsa counties 201 west 5th street, suite 600•tulsa, oklahoma 74103-4212.918/584 -7526 TO: City $ County Administrators y FROM: Chief Tom Lewallen 8 Ms. Ann Domin DATE: July 28, 1988 SUBJECT: Collection of 911 Telephone Fee As you know, a recent amendment to the 911 Emergency Number Act allows cities and counties to collect the telephone service fee that funds 911 systems after they contract with the telephone company for 911 service. Those Jurisdictions who have signed a Letter of Election with Southwestern Bell may instruct Bell to collect the telephone fee if their ordinances or resolutions allow early collection. Please review your local ordinance or resolution to make sure It allows you to initiate the fee upon contracting with the phone company. If you are unsure about the new language in the state statute, please do not hesitate to call us. Southwestern Bell requires the following to start the collection process: 1. A certified letter that: a. Identifies what entities are to be included with the request. b. States the effective date and the fee rate. C. States the title, name and address of the person to whom Bell should remit the fee. d. States the monthly due date of the remittance, if other than the last day of the month. This date should not be earlier than the 25th. e, Is addressed to Mr. T.D. White, Division Manager - Chief Accountant, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, 800 North Harvey - Room 199, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102. 2. A copy of the ordinance or resolution authorizing the fee. A sample letter to Southwestern Bell Is attached for reference. Southwestern Bell requires 60 days in which to prepare their billing records for the 911 fee. Thirty of those days could overlap with the 60 day protest period required by state statute for 911 ordinances and resolutions before they are effective. However, Bell cannot stop the 911 telephone fee from being billed within the last 30 days after notification from a jurisdiction to begin the fee collection. City & County Administrators Re: Collection of 911 Telephone Fee July 28, 1988 Page TWO For purposes of consistency, we recommend that Jurisdictions instruct Bell to begin collection of the telephone fee on November 1, 1988; January 1, 1989; or April 1, 1989 (about 90 days prior to cut -over of the system), whichever date best meets your Jurisdiction's needs. To help explain Bell's procedures and deadlines for the different fee collection dates, an activity chart is attached. Please remember that the Oklahoma statute gives telephone companies 30 days in which to remit the collected telephone fee to the governing body. Bell has estimated that it can return these fees in about 25 - 30 days after the end of each month of collection. Please do not hesitate to call Ann Domin (584 -7526) or Don Maney (585 -6722) if you have questions about the 911 telephone fee collection. Procedures for fee collection are being developed with the other telephone companies in the region, and you will be notified when those procedures are finalized. TUAD:sIs Attachments DEADLINES FOR ACTIVITIES ACTIVITIES Nov 1, 1988 Collection Jan i, 1989 Collection April 1, 1989 Collection Pass ordinance or resolution to allow Aug 1, 1988 Oct 1, 1988 No revision early collection of fee required Notify Bell to collect Sept i, 1988 Nov 1, 1988 Feb 1, 1989 fee Bell begins collection Nov 1, 1988 Jan 1, 1989 April 1, 1989 of fee First fees remitted to Dec 30, 1988 Feb 28, 1989 May 30, 1989 Jurisdiction July 28, 1988 Southwestern Bell Telephone Company Mr. T. D. White Division Manager -Chief Accountant 800 N. Harvey Room 199 Oklahoma City, OK 73102 Mr. White: On behalf of (example) the City of Jenks, please consider this our authorization and request to begin collecting the 911 fee as specified in state statute. 1) This authorization covers the entire (cit-Y /county /specified telephone exchanges) of the City of Jenks. 2) The collection should begin date with a rate of 5% of the local telephone exchange line. 3) The fee collected should be remitted to: Title Name Address Town, OK Zip Telephone Number 4) The fee should be remitted within 30 days. 5) Attached is a copy of our ordinance /resolution authorizing the fee. We understand it is our responsibility to notify Southwestern Bell 90 days in advance of any changes such as changing the 911 fee rate from 5% to 3 %. Signed City /County Official Published in the Owasso Reporter, Owasso, Tulsa County, Oklahoma September 22, 1988. Affidavit Of Publication STATE OF OKLAHOMA, TULSA COUNTY, ss: Bill R. Retherford, of lawful age, being duly sworn and authorized, says that he is the publisher of the Owasso, Reporter a weekly newspaper printed in the City of Tulsa Tulsa County, Oklahoma, a newspaper qualified to publish legal notices, advertisements and publications as provided in Section 106 of Title 25, Oklahoma Statutes 1971 and 1983 as amended, and thereafter, and complies with all other requirements of the laws of Oklahoma with reference to legal publications. That said notice, a true copy of which is attached hereto, was published in the regular edition of said newspaper during the period and time of publication and not in a supplement, on the following dates: September 22, 1988 Subscribed and sworn to before me 4th da of October 198 8 Notary Public My Commission expires: PUBLISHER'S FEE $215.30 ORDINANCE N0.399 CITY OF OWAaw, OKLAHOMA AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO NINE - ONE -ONE EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SERVICE WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF OWASSO; AMENDING PART THIRTEEN, PUBLIC. SAFETY, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF OWASSO, OKLA- HOMA, BY REPEALING CHAPTER SIX (6), SECTIONS 13 -600 THROUGH 13 -610 INCLUSIVE AND ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 61 SECTIONS 13 -600 THROUGH 13 -610 INCLUSIVE; PRO- VIDING A SHORT TITLE; DEFINING TERMS; LEVYING AN EMERGENCY TELEPHONE FEE PURSUANT TO 63 O.S. SUPP., SECT18N 2811 ET SEQ., OF FIVE PERCENT (5 %) OF THE TARIFF RATE FOR THE FIRST YEAR AND THREE PERCENT (3 %) FOR THE FOLLOWING TWO YEARS; PROVIDING FOR THE ANNUAL FIXING OF THE EMERGENCY TELEPHONE FEE RATE; PROVID- ING FOR THE COLLECTION OF THE EMERGENCY TELEPHONE FEE; PLACING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SERVICE UNDER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT; CREATING AN EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SER- VICE MANAGEMENT BOARD; PRE- SCRIBING THE DUTIES OF SAID MANAGEMENT BOARD; PROVIDING FOR TERMINATION OF THE EMER- GENCY TELEPHONE FEE;PROVID- ING AN OPERATIVE DATE FOR THIS ORDINANCE; MAKING IT AN OFFENSE TO WILLFULLY FAIL TO REMIT THE EMERGENCY TELE- PHONE FEE AND PROVIDING A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS (5200.00), EXCLUDING COSTS; MAKING IT AN OFFENSE TO CALL THE NUMBER NINE- ONE -ONE TO REPORT FALSE INFORMATION AND PROVIDING A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) EXCLUDING COSTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA: Section 1. That Part Thirteen of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Owasso, Okla- homa, be and the same is hereby amended by repealing Chapter Six (6), Sections 13- 600 through 13 -610 and in lieu thereof, to be codified as Chapter 6, Sections 13 -600 through 13 -610 inclusive and to read as follows: SECTION 13 -500 SHORT TITLE This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "The Owasso Nine -One -One Emergency Number Ordinance." SECTION 13 -001 DEFINITIONS As used in this Chapter the following words and phrame shall have the following meanings: A. "Emergency telephone service' shall mean a telephone system utilizing a three- digit number, nine-one-one (911), for report- ing any emergency to an appropriate public agency providing law enforcement, fire, medical, or other emergency cervices, including ancillary communication systems and personnel which an necessary to pass reported emergencies to an appropriate emergency service or any appropriate omer- gency service personnel within the corpo- rate limits of the City of Owasso. B. "Emergency telephone fee' shall mean a fee used to finance the operation of the emergency telephone service, w as to pro- vide service users within the corporate limits of the City of Owasso access to the emergency telephone service. C. °(Sty" shall mean the City of Owasso, Oklahoma, a municipal corporation. D. "Local exchange telephone company" shall mean any company providing ex- change telephone service to any service user within the corporate limits of the City of Owasso. E. "Person" shall mean any individual, firm, partnership, co- partnership, joint venture, association, cooperative organize - tion, private corporation, whether organized for profit or not, fraternal organization, nonprofit organization, estate, trust, business or common law trust, receiver, assignee for the benefit of creditors, truster or trustee in bankruptcy, the United States of America, or any agency thereof, the state, political subdivisions of the state, state agencies, departments, commissions, boards, bureaus ar any other service user within the corporate limits of the City of Owasso. F. "Service user' shall mean any person who is provided exchange telephone service within the corporate limits of the City of Owasso. G. "Tariff rate" shE'- ..aan the rate or rates billed by the local exchange telephone company stated in tariffs applicable for such company as approved by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, which represents the recurring charges of the local exchange telephone company for exchange telephone service or its equivalent, exclusive of all taxes, fees, licensee or similar charges whatsoever. SECTION 13-802 EMERGENCYTELEPHONE FEE A. Pursuant to the Oklahoma Nne�One- One (911) Emergency Number Act, 63 O.S. Section 2811, at seq., there is hereby levied, upon all service users subject to the jurisdiction of the City of Owasso for which emergency telephone service has been contracted, an emergency telephone foe, in the amount of five percent (5 %) of the tariff rate in the fbat year of the fee, and in the amount of three percent (3 %) of the tariff rate for the following two (2) years; pro- vided, that the electors of the City may im- pose a fee of up to five percent (5%) of the tariff rate in any year afar the first year of the fee. Such fee, as herein provided, shall be imposed for a period of three (3) years, after first collection of said fee; after which the governing body of the city may renew the levy of such fee by amendment hereto, for no longer than three (3) years at a time. Amounts collected in excess of that noes. eery for operation within a given year shall be carried forward to subsequent years. No such fee shall be imposed upon more than One Hundred (100) exchange access lines or its equivalent per person per location. B. At least once each calendar year after first collection of said fee, Paragraph A hereof notwithstanding, the governing body of the City shall establish a fee rate, by amendment hereof, if necessary, not to exceed an cmount authorized by the Oklahoma Nine -One -One Emergency Number Act. The rate m fixed, together with any surplus revenues, shall not exceed sufficient revenues to fund authorized expenditures for operation of the emergency telephone service. The governing body shall make its determination of the fee rate each year after the first collection of said fee no later than September 1 and shall fix the new rate, if any, to take effect commencing with the first billing period of each service user on or following the next January 1. C. The governing body of the City shall, at least ninety (90) days before any new rate shall become effective, notify each local exchange telephone company providing emergency telephone service to areas within the jurisdiction of the City of Owasso of the new rater by certified mail. SEG'PION 13 -603 COLLECTION OF FEE A. The emergency telephone fee shall be collected monthly by a local exchange telephone company at the same time charges for exchange telephone services are collected and in accordance with the regular billing practices of said company. Provided that reflection of the emergency telephone fee shall begin on the let day of January, 1989. In the event any service near lenders a payment in an amount insufficient to satisfy all charge. for tariff rates, credit shall be given first to the emergency tele- phone fee. B. All flees collected by a local exchange telephone company pursuant to this Chapter .hall be remitted to the City, together with any accumulated 'interest, no later than thirty (30) days, after the close of the month in which the fees were collected. Such remittance shall be submitted with a return on a form acceptable to the City and the local exchange telephone company. C. The local exchange telephone company shall maintain a complete and accurate set of records on the amount of any fee. collected. Such records shall be maintained for a period of one (1) year from the end of any fiscal year in which the fee was collected. The City may, at its own expense, require an annual audit of such racorda. SECTION 13 -604 ADMINISTRATION OF EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SERVICE Nine- one -one emergency telephone services of the City of Owasso shall be under the administration of the Owasso Police Department, The Police Department is hereby authorized, empowered and charged with the duty to maintain, operate and administer the emergency telephone service consistent with the distinctive duties, responsibilities and expertise of the Fire Department, the Police Department, the Ambulance Service, and subject to the powers and duties of the Emergency Tele- phone Service Management Board. SECTION 13-806 EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SERVICE MANAGEMENT BOARD CREATED There is hereby created an Emergency Telephone Service Management Board whose membership shall comprise the Chief Z. the Owasso Fire Department; the Chief of the Owasso Police Department and the City Manager of the City of Owasso. Each mem- ber of the Board shall have one vote. The Board shall elect a Chairperson, Vice- Cbair- person, Secretary, and other such offices as they deem necessary. Officers shall serve a term of two (2) years. Regular meetings of the Board shall be held as often as a major- ity of the Board deems proper. Special and Emergency meetings of the Board may be called by any member. SECTION 13-606 DUTIES OF THE EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SERVICE MANAGEMENT BOARD The Emergency Telephone Service Management Board is hereby authorized, empowered and charged with the following duties: A. Establishment of all policies, proce- dures, rules and regulations governing the utilization of the emergency telephone service of the City of Owasso by any depart- ment, agency ar entity. B. The recommendation of qualifications and standards for subordinate employees and positions authorized to operate the emergency telephone service. C. Development, supervision and admini- stration of the budget and a hone ervicef fund, fin, o the emergency telephone consistent with the budget, financial, and legal policies and procedures of the City. D. The recommendation to the governing body of the City of the terms and conditions of contracts with outside agencies and sup - plime related to the utilization of the emer- gency telephone service. E. The planning of activities associated with emvim, facilities and resources mlet- ed to the operation of the emergency tele- phoneservice. F. The identification, for acquisition, of capital additions, facilities, improvements and expansions and all other needs of the emergency telephone service, consistent with the City's budgetary and capital improvement policies and procedures. G. The eff xtive and efficient operation of the emergency telephone service. SECTION 13-807 TERMINATION OF FEE The emergency telephone ice imposed by this Chapter shall terminate no later than three years alter the first collection of said fee, unless renewed in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Niue- One-One Emergency Number Act. SECTION 13-608 FAILURE TO REMIT FEE Any service user willfully failing or refusing to remit or pay any emergency telephone fee or portion thereof rightfully due under this Chapter shall be guilty Of an offense, and upon conviction shall be pun- ished by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), excluding costs. Each separate failure or refusal to remit or pay the emergency telephone fee hereof ,hall be deemed a separate offense and shall be pun- ished accordingly. SECTION 13-609 FALSE REPORTING No person shall call the number nine -one- one for the purpose of making a false alarm or complaint or reporting false information which could result in the dispatch of emer- gency services from any public agency. Any person violating the provisions of this Section, upon conviction, shall be guilty of an offense punishable by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), excluding coats. SECTION 13 -610 OPERATIVE DATE Section 1. This Chapter shall be operative sixty (60) days after its publication unless its passage is made subject to an election provided for in Title 63 O.S. Supp., §2814, as amended. - Section 2. If any section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance shall be declared invalid for any reason whatsoever, such decision shall not affect the remaining portions of this Ordinance, which shall remain in full force and effect and to this end, the Provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared to be severable. Section 3. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict therewith are hereby repealed. Section 4. This Ordinance shall take effect upon the expiration of tidrty (30) days fine, the data of first publication. PASSED and approved this 6th day of September, 1988. CITY OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA /e/ STACY LAMB, MAYOR ATTEST: /a/ Jane Buchanan City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: /a/ Ronald D. Cates City Attorney