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Approving the City of Philadelphia Amended 9-1-1 Plan, and authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to submit the Amended 9-1-1 Plan to the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency ("PEMA") for review and approval, as required by the Pennsylvania Public Safety Emergency Telephone Act.
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WHEREAS, Bill No. 101 (approved June 22, 1992) established an Emergency Number 9-1-1 contribution rate of $1.00 per telephone line as authorized by the Pennsylvania Public Safety Emergency Telephone Act, Act of July 9, 1990, P.L. 340 No. 78, as amended ("Act 78"), and authorized the Managing Director or his designee to take all action necessary to receive state agency approval, including submitting for review the City's 9-1-1 plan; and
WHEREAS, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Community Affairs subsequently approved the City's original 9-1-1 Plan; and
WHEREAS, The City last submitted an Amended 9-1-1 Plan to the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency ("PEMA") for approval on December 29, 1999, and PEMA approved such Plan; and
WHEREAS, Updating and expanding the City's 9-1-1 system requires an Amended 9-1-1 Plan to be filed with PEMA; and
WHEREAS, As required by Act 78, the Department of Public Property Communications Division has prepared an Amended 9-1-1 Plan attached hereto as Exhibit "A" to be submitted by the City to PEMA in order to ensure continued compliance with Act 78; and
WHEREAS, Act 78 requires that the City's Amended 9-1-1 Plan be approved by City Council by resolution before it may be submitted to PEMA for approval; now, therefore,
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA,
THAT City Council hereby approves the City's Amended 9-1-1 Plan attached hereto as Exhibit "A", including the continued assessment of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission approved $1.00 surcharge for the purpose of defraying the costs associated with the operati...
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