77-2563 CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
. RESOLUTION NO. 77-2563
RESOLUTION ENDORSING OF STATE FINANCING FOR CERTAIN
FEATURES OF 911 EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SYSTEMS.
WHEREAS, the 911 emergency telephone system has been under study in
the State of Minnesota for several years; and
WHEREAS, planning of a 911 emergency telephone system for the entire
seven-county metropolitan area has recently been accomplished; and
WHEREAS, a Metropolitan Inter-County Ad Hoc Committee on 911 financing
has prepared a proposal for the financing of 911 telephone systems on a State-
wide basis; and
WHEREAS, the Hennepin Emergency Communication Organization (HECO) ,
which has been developed to coordinate emergency communication planning, has de-
monstrated support for this plan by unanimously adopting it and encouraging all
units of government in Hennepin County to endorse these same recommendations; and
WHEREAS, legislation mandating the adoption of 911 on a State-wide basis
has been introduced into the last two sessions of the Minnesota Legislature; and
WHEREAS, it is anticipated that this issue will again be under consider-
ation in the present session of the Minnesota Legislature; and
WHEREAS, it is anticipated that capital costs for the equipment necessary
to implement the 911 system will be financed with federal and/or state grants;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE City Council of the City of
Hopkins, Minnesota, endorses the "Statement of Policy: 911 Telephone System
Financing" recommendation which encourages the Minnesota State Legislature to
look on the telephone company gross earnings tax as a source of revenue for the re-
curring costs of a basic 911 system.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE City Council of the City of Hopkins,
Minnesota, supports the other recommendations in the report; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this Resolution be forwarded to
the legislative representatives of the Hopkins District in the Minnesota State
Legislature, to the 911 Coordinator of the Metropolitan Council, and to Sheriff
411 Donald Omodt, President of the Hennepin Emergency Communication Organization.
Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Hopkins, Minnesota, at a
regular meeting held the 1st day of March 1977.
H. E. RICHARDSON, JERRE A. MILLER,
City Clerk Mayor
JOSEPH C. VESELY,
City Attorney
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