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TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1988 Under this proposal a Joint Dispatch Center would be established to receive, process and dispatch all calls for fire, rescue, and law enforcement services originating in both the City and County. The physical location of the Center will be in space to be constructed on the fourth floor of the County Administration Building. The Joint Dispatch Center would function independent of all City/County functions including the Police Department and the County Sheriff's Department. It would be governed by a Board of Directors, which would consist of the following six members: the City Manager, Police Chief, Fire Chief, the County Administrator, Sheriff, and Public Safety Director. However, in order that the County may continue to receive reimbursement from the Compensation Board of five of the dispatcher positions, all employees of the Joint Dispatch Center will be paid through the County. E911 System Central Telephone Company (Centel) has submitted a proposal to provide the E911 service at the Joint Dispatch Center for all customers in Martins- ville and Henry County. Under the proposed system, all calls for fire, rescue, and law enforcement service will be received at the Center and dispatched from there to the appropriate agencies in the City and County. The system includes Automa- tic Number Identification of all calls received. When a call is received, a computer screen will display to the dispatcher the name and address of the caller, based initially on information in Centel customer records. The Center staff can input additional data into the system, such as proximity to which fire station for faster response time. The proposed date for implementation of the E911 system is January, 1990. Cost The total initial capital cost payable to Centel for the above system is $615,257. The estimated local costs for establishment of the Center, including space renovation and moving all related equipment from the Sheriff's and Police Departments, is $325,000, totaling $940,257. Centel's total system cost for the first four years is $1,077,005.54 which includes maintenance for the third and fourth years of $105,378.48, plus a 3% collection allowance of $31,369.06. We recommend that the capital costs be paid by the imposition of a uniform surcharge on all telephone access line in the City and County, as provided under Section 58.1-3813 of the Code of Virginia. We propose a rate of $0.72 per month to cover initial capital costs. According to our calcula- tions, receipts at this rate would cover capital costs in 48 months, at which time the surcharge would be reduced to cover on-going maintenance costs of the system charged by Centel.