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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO STAFF REPORT APPROVED AND FORWARDED TO CITY COUNCIL Date: April 26, 2006 To: John Jermanis, City Manager Jesse Baloca, Finance Dire~ . mo 2.0D(p ~ 040 ( (051/ 3014) Carla Rodriguez, Deputy Finance Director~ From: By: Subject: Matter of Annual Reporting for the 911 Revenue Program SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION This report contains the annual reporting for the 911 Revenue Program as required by Section 2- 16-220 of the San Leandro Municipal Code. Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the resolution approving the Annual Reporting of the 911 Revenue Program. Staff also recommends that the City include in its Fee Schedule an increase to the Emergency Communication System Access Fee (911 Fee) by the rate ofCPI, which is 2.9% or six cents per single access line. BACKGROUND Implementation of the 911 Fee was approved by the City Council in order to address budget shortfall issues in FY 2004-05. The 911 Fee was implemented on December 1, 2004 and generated $1.182 million in FY 2004-05. Currently, the 911 Fee is projected to generate $2.175 million and $2.41 million in FY's 2005-06 and 2006-07, respectively. DISCUSSION Elieible Operatine Costs: Eligible operating costs are the portion of operating expenses attributable to the operation of the emergency communication system to telephone subscribers. Ineligible costs are 911 services to telephone subscribers that have exempt status. Eligible lines pay a pro-rata cost, excluding the additional costs of services to exempt lines. As a result, a cost recovery ratio is determined when developing fee assessments. Based on January 2006 information, the estimated total phone lines in the City are approximately 108,953. Of the total phone lines, it is estimated that 97,937, or 90%, are considered eligible for the 911 fee. This is an increase of 0.5% from prior year estimate of 94,000 eligible phone lines. Attachment 1 shows a breakdown of the line count by phone line type.