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ORDINANCE ND. ,_ W ~ 1
AN ORDINANCE SETTING A DATE OF AN ELECTION TO FUND
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 9-1-i EMERGENCY TELEPHONE
SYSTEM AND TO PROVIDE A SERVICE CHARGE TO FINANCE
THE 9-1-1 EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SERVICE SYSTEM AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS it has been deter^mined to be in the p~.~blic inter^est
to shor^t en the time and simplify the method r^equir^ed for^ a citi-
zen to r^eq~.~est and r^eceive emer^gency aid, and
WHEREAS the establishment of a ~_inifor^m emer^gency telephone
number^ is a matter^ of concer^n for^ all citizens, so the emer^gency
n~.imber^ 9-1-1 has been made available at the national level for^
implementation thr^o~_tgho~.~t the United States and Canada, and
WHEREAS the Ar^kansas Legislat~ar^e has established a f~.~nding
method for^ implementation of this emer^gency telephone system by
passing Act 683 of 198, and
WHEREAS this act r^eq~_~ir^es the appr^oval of a major^ity of
per^sons voting on the issue in or^der^ to char^ge ~_~p to five per^cent
(5) of the basic telephone tar^iff r^ate by the Ar^kansas F'~_~blic
Ser'vice Commission to be billed by the local telephone company to
local ~.~ser^s,
NOW, THEREFORE PE I T 0 RDA I NED RY THE CITY OF WEST MEMF'H I S,
ARKANSAS:
ARTICLE 1. An election will be held on Tuesday, Se ptember^
:.5, 199=~ for' the p~.~r'pose of appr^oving or^ r^e.jecting an or^di-
nonce to implement 9-1-1 emer^gency telephone service within the
city of West Memphis.
ARTICLE c. At the election to be held on that p~_~r'pose, the
voter^s will be asked to vote ~_~pon the following q~_~estions:
FOR a 9-1-1 emer^gency telephone system and F'~.~blic Safety
Comm~_~nications Center' within the city of West Memphis to be
f~_~nded by a char^ge of tip to five per'cent (~Y•) of the basic tele-
phone tar^iff rate appr^oved by the Ar^kansas P~_~bl is Ser'vice Commis-
sion
OR
AGAINST a 9-1-1 emer^gency telephone system and F'~_~blic Safety
Comm~.~nications Center' within the city of West Memphis to be
f~_~nded by a char^ge of asp to five per'cent (~'/.> of the basic tele-
phone tar^iff rate approved by the Ar^kansas P~_~bl is Ser'vice Commis-
sion.
ARTICLE 3. SEVERABILITY. If any par^t of this or^dinance is
held invalid, such invalidity shall not afffect the validity of
any other' por^tion of this or^dinance.
ARTICLE 4. REPEALER. All laws and par^ts of laws in con-
flict with this or^dinance ar^e her^eby r^epealed.
ARTICLE 5. EMERGENCY CLAUSE: It is her^eby fo~_~nd that an
immediate need exists for' implementation of the 9-1-1 Emer^gency
System to facilitate the mor^e effective and efficient open^ation
of the city of West Memphis, and it is then^efor^e declar^ed that an
emer^gency exists and this or^dinance, being necessar^y for' the
immediate pr^eser^vation of the p~_~blic peace, health, and safety,
shall be in f~_tll for^ce and effective ~_~pon appr'oval.
PASSED AND APPROVED this ~~~ day of , 199Cr.
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ATTEST: MAYOR
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