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Location: cityofbardstown.org > Ordinances Emergency Telephone Service
Section 97.01 Establishment of E‑911 system § 97.01 ESTABLISHMENT OF E‑911 SYSTEM. There is hereby established a safety answering service to provide a single telephone number for emergency services within the local area, which service shall be known as E‑911. § 97.02 AGREEMENTS. (A) The city, by and through the Mayor, is hereby authorized and empowered to execute an inter-local agreement with the Fiscal Court that was approved at the City Council meeting on June 27, 2006 for the formation of a city-county E-911 Board and appropriate agreements with BellSouth (formally known as South Central Bell) to provide for the implementation, construction and ongoing maintenance of the E‑911 Central Dispatch Center within the city limits. The E‑911 services and facilities provided by BellSouth are subject to and controlled by the provisions of BellSouth’s lawfully filed tariffs, including any changes therein as may be made from time to time. (B) The city shall receive the E‑911 fee levied pursuant to § 97.03 for each exchange telephone subscriber within the city to be used by the city to pay the cost of establishing and maintaining an E‑911 system within the city. § 97.03 FEE. (A) There is hereby established an E‑911 fee of $1.00 per month for fiscal year 2006-07; $1.25 per month for fiscal year 2007-08; $1.50 per month for fiscal year 2008-09; the rates for each year beginning in fiscal year 2010-11 shall be increased by the cost of living amount reflected by the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for the preceding fiscal year for each exchange telephone subscriber which is levied pursuant to KRS 65.760(3) as a special tax, license and/or fee to be paid by each exchange telephone subscriber in the local area on an individual exchange line basis limited to a maximum of 25 exchange lines per account. The fiscal year is from July 1 through June 30. “CONSUMER PRICE INDEX” shall be defined as The Consumer Price Index, All Urban Consumers, U.S. City Average, All Items, published by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (1982-1984=100). (B) South Central Bell is hereby authorized to collect the E‑911 fee from each subscriber and remit that fee to the city. South Central Bell shall be entitled to a reasonable fee for billing and collecting the E‑911 fee. § 97.04 EXCESS FUNDS. Any and all excess funds received from collections of the E‑911 fees shall be placed into an account which shall be used expressly and solely for the maintenance, management, replacement and purchase of emergency communications equipment, directly connected to the Enhanced 911 System and all interface equipment and/or to offset direct costs incurred by the operations of the Emergency Dispatch Center due to the requirements of an Enhanced 911 System.
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