911 fee shortfall and general fund support
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Okay, so now we're on nine one one fees.
So the next issue is another FAC proposal. Uh, but it it was also a concern for us. Uh Pinellas County actually came to us and said, Um, do you have uh have uh uh issue with this? Are you all losing money? And we said yes, we're we we have a shortfall and we're we're pulling from our general funds, but it's the nine one one fees. So currently uh The state collects 911 fees 40 cents per line and we're no uh longer able to support the level of expenses to maintain
911 throughout the state. Counties must use local tax dollars out of our general funds to support 911 expenses, reducing funds available for other county programs. From FY19 for year 19 to 2023, Pasco has uh incurred $24,552,862 in 911 fee eligible expenditures. Of that, $7,928,937
or $32.3 was funded from our general Funds, uh reducing funds available for local programs. So what we're trying to do, it used to be at 50 cents. They moved it down to forty cents. probably ten years ago. And uh we're trying to get it back up to fifty cents. In reality uh th that would at least get us back, you know, where we can start. And then uh if they attach it to cost of living every year to to move up.
that might be a possibility. But In reality, we're probably about a dollar twenty, if I'm not mistaken on that. Yeah, $1.20 uh is the shortfall that we have that would not require us to take out of uh our general revenue to cover those 911 costs. Again, this is a priority for the FAC, uh so they are working on getting a sponsor for that bill.
Is that is that charge to every hardline plus every cellular line?
That is correct.
phone. Everybody
is yes. Uh what's interesting is if you um have a phone number From another state. The that state gets those taxes. Yes. Is there anything you can do about that?
You're dealing with uh you're a good friend in Congress.
So so people who have moved here, you know, um and are using our nine one one, they d they don't pay into the system, so Um
quirky thing about that.
Madam Clerk. I mean we can we can work and we I think we should work in the future to promote that for all those people that have moved down here. You can keep your same number, but if you hire a local
It can be easy to change it to wherever your bill is received. Irregardless of your number, if your billing statement comes to a Florida address, you should
Yeah. Kind of a common sense correctly. Yes, common sense, absolutely.