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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council Monday, May 20, 2024 Page 13 NEW BUSINESS • First Reading of Resolution No. 2024-26, entitled, "An emergency resolution approving the Cuyahoga County 911 Plan as adopted by the Cuyahoga County 9-1-1 Program Review Committee." Introduced by Mayor Bodnar (Administration) (Requires suspension of the rules tonight and upon passage this legislation will take effect immediately upon signature of the Mayor.) Mr. Murphy, seconded by Mrs. Jurcisek, made a motion to suspend Resolution No. 2024-26. ROLL CALL: AYES: All Motion Carries NAYS: None Resolution Suspended Mr. Murphy, seconded by Mrs. Jurcisek, made a motion to enact Resolution No. 2024-26. Council President Schutt asked, any discussion? Mr. Murphy asked, Chief Matias do you have any comments on what was brought up during the open portion regarding this? Chief Matias stated, we are not, and the State can't make us, regionalized. That's something that would be up to us. What this is is, everyone's cellphone bill has a little box for State 911. The State collects money from everyone's cellphone bill for 911. The State distributes that to the counties who manages all of the PSAPs in the dispatch in the county. In order to comply with everything the State requires for the County to get money, that's what this resolution is about. There's nothing in the resolution that can make us regionalize or force us to do anything. In the 911 Plan, it just talks about the structure. The only thing that would ever affect us is the cost - sharing. Every PSAP, the County pays for stuff and each PSAP pays for stuff. How that is distributed would be the only thing that would really impact us. The County can't make us regionalize; it can only change the cost -sharing structure of everything. There's nothing in this 911 Plan that would impact that at this point. By us passing it, we are not surrendering or giving up any power or anything the County can make us do. The same goes with the next Resolution naming a representative. So we are not going anywhere. Mr. Meyers asked, every 911 call goes to the County? Chief Matias replied, all wireless. Only County CECOMs has the ability to accept 911 calls from wireless. If you dial 911 in Mayfield Village, it won't go to our dispatch center, it goes to CECOMs who then forwards it to Mayfield Village. Since they are the ones who get all the wireless calls, they get all the wireless money. That's why we don't get the State money directly. It has to go to the County. Mr. Meyers stated, thank you.