O-19-05ORDINANCE NO. 0-19-5
AN ORDINANCE SUSPENDING THE OPERATIONS OF THE
VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD AND VILLAGE OF BANNOCKBURN
JOINT EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SYSTEM BOARD
WHEREAS, the Village of Deerfield became a 9-1-1 system under Illinois
Commerce Commission docket no. 88-0254 and has a previously established
Emergency Telephone System Board hereinafter referred to as the "DEERFIELD ETSB";
and
WHEREAS, in 2004, the Village of Deerfield and the Village of Bannockburn
established a Joint Emergency Telephone System Board under the authority of the
Emergency Telephone System Act, 50 ILCS 750/1 et seq.; and
WHEREAS, on February 1 9 , 2019, the Board of Trustees of the Village of
Deerfield approved and adopted an Intergovernmental Agreement (hereinafter referred to
as IGA); which joined Deerfield into a centralized dispatch and communication system
known as the " Deerfield, Bannockburn and Lincolnshire Joint Emergency Telephone
System Board (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "JETSB" ) for the purpose of
providing facilities, equipment, personnel, software, data processing and all other
services necessary or incidental to the provisions of emergency and/or municipal
dispatch and communication services to its members; and,
WHEREAS, the IGA establishes the JETSB as a Joint Emergency Telephone
System Board in conformity with Section 15.4 of the Illinois Emergency Telephone Act,
50 ILCS 750/1 et seq. and outlines and defines the duties and powers of the Board in
compliance with the Illinois Emergency Telephone System Act; and
WHEREAS, upon the Village of Deerfield joining as a member of the
Deerfield, Bannockburn and Lincolnshire Joint Emergency Telephone System Board
and becoming operational and providing enhanced emergency fire and police
dispatching services to its members, the IGA provides that all surcharge funds
received by the Deerfield Bannockburn Joint Emergency Telephone System Board
pursuant to Section 20 of the Emergency Telephone System Act shall be transferred
to the Deerfield, Bannockburn and Lincolnshire Joint Emergency Telephone System
Board: and
WHEREAS, upon the Village of Deerfield joining the Deerfield, Bannockburn
and Lincolnshire Joint Emergency Telephone System Board and becoming
operational and providing enhanced emergency fire and police dispatching services
to its members, and upon the approval of the Illinois Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator
("Administrator") as evidenced by an order of the Administrator, the Illinois Emergency
Telephone Act provides the future 9-1-1 surcharge funds collected thereafter in
compliance with Section 20 of the Illinois Emergency Telephone System Act shall be
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deposited with the Deerfield, Bannockburn and Lincolnshire Joint Emergency
Telephone System Board; and
WHEREAS, upon the Villages of Deerfield, Bannockburn and Lincolnshire
becoming jointly operational as the Deerfield, Bannockburn and Lincolnshire Joint
Emergency Telephone System Board and providing enhanced emergency fire and
police dispatching to its members and upon approval of the Statewide 9-1-1
Administrator as evidenced by an order of the Administrator, the IGA provides that the
Village of Deerfield and the Village of Bannockburn shall suspend the operation of its
Joint Emergency Telephone System Board; and
WHEREAS, the Village of Deerfield and the Village of Bannockburn shall not
operate as a Joint Emergency Telephone System Board unless and until they would
terminate their membership in the Deerfield, Bannockburn and Lincolnshire Joint
Emergency Telephone System Board and receive approval of the Administrator as
evidenced by an order of the Administrator to once again operate as a Joint Emergency
Telephone System Board and receive surcharge funds collected pursuant to Section 20
of the Emergency Telephone System Act.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of
Trustees of the Village of Deerfield, Cook and Lake Counties, Illinois as follows:
SECTION 1: Recitals. The foregoing recitals are a material part of this
Ordinance and incorporated herein as if they were fully set forth inthis section.
SECTION 2: Suspension of the Deerfield Bannockburn JETSB: Transfer of
JETSB Funds to the Deerfield Bannockburn and Lincolnshire Joint
ETSB. The Deerfield Bannockburn JETSB shall suspend operating as a Joint
Emergency Telephone System Board as of the date the Statewide 9-1-1
Administrator permits itto operate with the Deerfield, Bannockburn and Lincolnshire
Joint ETSB as the Joint Emergency Telephone System for its members. The
Deerfield Bannockburn JETSB shall not again operate as a Joint Emergency
Telephone System Board and receive surcharge funds collected pursuant to
Section 20 of the Emergency Telephone System A.
SECTION 3: Repealer. The specific terms and conditions of this ordinance
shall prevail against other existing ordinances of the Village to the extent there may
be any conflict. All existing ordinances of the Village which directly conflict with the
terms of this ordinance are herein repealed.
SECTION 4: Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect on
May 1, 2019 after its passage, approval and publication in pamphlet form as provided
by law.
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PASSED THIS 19th DAY OF February, 2019.
AYES: Benton, Jester, Oppenheim, Seiden, Shapiro, Struthers
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
Village President
ATTEST:
Village CI rk
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