HomeMy WebLinkAbout20203461.tiffWELD 911 EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SERVICE
AUTHORITY BOARD
P.O. BOX 758
GREELEY, COLORADO 80632
(970) 356-4000
November 18, 2020
TO: All Governing Boards of Weld County Jurisdictions Creating the Weld County E911
Emergency Telephone Authority
RE: Weld County 9-1-1 Surcharge
On November 17, 2020 the Weld County E911 Emergency Telephone Authority Board (Board)
approved a resolution concerning the monthly Weld County E911 surcharge. The resolution
proposes to increase the monthly Weld County E911 surcharge from $1.20 cents to $1.72 for 911
emergency services provided to all wireline, wireless, and VoIP phone users within the Weld
County E911 Emergency Telephone Authority jurisdiction effective February 1, 2021. The $1.72
amount is the new limit approved by the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) that local
E911 Boards may set without PUC approval.
In order to ensure public safety communication throughout the service area for Weld County
citizens and emergency first responders and based upon the needs identified in the 2021-2030
Capital Improvements Plan of nearly $30 million, and the on -going operational costs the Board
determined a rate increase is necessary to fund operations, new technology and future capital
equipment.
Your governing board is a party to the intergovernmental agreement (IGA) creating the Weld
County E911 Emergency Telephone Authority in 1987. The IGA grants the Board the power to
collect an E911 emergency telephone surcharge in an amount as approved by the Colorado Public
Utilities Commission in the service areas for which emergency telephone services are provided.
The increase rate is justified and will continue to be one of the lower rates among the larger, more
populated counties in Colorado. The increase will also allow for a reduction in the user fees paid
to support the E911 dispatch operation. Attachment A shows the reduction your entity will
experience for 2021.
The Board is advising all jurisdictions that are a party to the IGA of the impending rate increase
of 52 cents. If you have any objections to the Board collecting the increased surcharge please
advise the Board in writing at the above address by December 1, 2020. If the Board does not
receive any objection by such date, the Board will understand that you have approved the proposed
rate increase.
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Assuming no objections are received from any of the jurisdictions the increase will take effective
February 1, 2021. If you have questions or need additional information please do not hesitate to
contact one of the undersigned Authority Board members or Patrick Groom, Legal Counsel for the
Authority Board, at 970-352-3161.
Sincerely,
WELD 911 EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SERVICE AUTHORITY BOARD
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Ft. Lupton Poli Dept.
Southeast Weld Fire District
Division Chief Darin Dalton
Banner Paramedic Services
Scott K. James
Weld County Commissioner
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Milliken ' olice Dept.
Deputy Chief Adam Turk
Greeley Police Dept.
Captain Alan Caldwell
Weld County Sheriff's Office
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