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RESOLUTION NO. 12 -04
A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COMMISSION OF THE TOWN OF GULF
STREAM, FLORIDA, STRONGLY SUPPORTING THE COUNTY'S
CONTINUED ALLOCATION OF THE $12.50 FUNDS TO THE
MUNICIPALITIES PURSUANT TO COUNTY RESOLUTION NO. R -2002-
0192, WHICH SERVES TO ENHANCE THE COUNTY'S
INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMUNICATIONS PLAN; AND STRONGLY
SUPPORTING THE COUNTY'S DISBURSEMENT OF THE $12.50 FUNDS
TO COVER EXPENSES FOR ALL MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAVE RADIO
SYSTEMS THAT ARE FUNCTIONALLY INTEROPERABLE WITH THE
COUNTY'S RADIO SYSTEM WITHOUT ARBITRARY DISTINCTIONS
BEING MADE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, Section 318.21(9), Florida Statutes, authorizes Palm Beach County to
receive twelve dollars and fifty cents (the "$12.50 Funds ") from each moving traffic violation
written by municipal law enforcement officers under limited circumstances in order to fund the
county's participation in an intergovernmental radio communication program approved by the
State Department of Management Services; otherwise those monies must be distributed to the
municipality in which the violations occurred; and
WHEREAS, the intent and spirit of Section 318.21(9), Florida Statutes, is for the $12.50
Funds to be used to create and maintain interoperability of agencies within a countywide
intergovernmental radio communications program which includes all municipalities; and
WHEREAS, on February 5, 2002, the Board of County Commissioners adopted
Resolution No. R -2002 -0192, which allocated the $12.50 Funds generated by the municipal law
enforcement officers to the municipalities in order to encourage the interoperability of municipal
communications systems with the countywide public safety communications system and to
enhance the Palm Beach County's Intergovernmental Radio Communications Plan; and
WHEREAS, the municipalities in Palm Beach County have been working diligently to
build and enhance their own communications systems to become interoperable with that of Palm
Beach County; and
WHEREAS, this program has resulted in all municipalities being interoperable with Palm
Beach County's system; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Gulf Stream has learned that County Staff intends to
recommend that the Board of County Commissioners rescind County Resolution R- 2002 -0192,
terminate all future disbursements of the municipal $12.50 Funds to the municipalities and sweep
all remaining balances currently in the "Municipal Org" to the "County Org" so that those
moneys will no longer be available to municipalities for their communications systems even
though several municipalities have considerable sums of money in their allocation column and
have relied on those funds in constructing extensive communication systems to connect with that
of Palm Beach County; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Gulf Stream has also learned that County Staff is refusing to
disburse $12.50 Funds to municipalities that have chosen to utilize the Municipal Public Safety
Communication Consortium's (the "MPSCC ") system to become interoperable with Palm Beach
County's system, which include but are not limited to the Town of Jupiter, the City of Palm
Beach Gardens and the City of Atlantis, even though the MPSCC's system enables those
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municipalities to be interoperable with Palm Beach County's radio system; and
WHEREAS, the continuation of this program has been endorsed by the Criminal Justice
Commission and the Palm Beach County Association of Chiefs of Police and is proposed to be
endorsed by the Law Enforcement Planning Council on August 2, 2012, indicating the
recognition by those agencies that the $12.50 Fund allocation is necessary for the maintenance
and enhancements of the countywide communications system to provide for the well being of all
citizens of Palm Beach County.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWN COMMISSION OF THE
TOWN OF GULF STREAM FLORIDA, THAT:
SECTION 1: The Town of Gulf Stream strongly supports the continued allocation of the
$12.50 Funds to all municipalities pursuant to Resolution No. 2002 -0192. Such continued
allocation is essential to maintaining the interoperability of all municipal communications
systems with the countywide public safety communications system. Such continued allocation
further enhances participation in the Palm Beach County Intergovernmental Communications
Plan. Therefore, the [Municipality] strongly requests that the Board of County Commissioners
deny any requests to rescind Resolution No. 2002 -0192 and/or to terminate the $12.50 Funds
allocation program.
SECTION 2: The Town of Gulf Sream strongly supports the County's approval of
requests for reimbursement from the $12.50 Funds made by all municipalities including those
utilizing the MPSCC system to become interoperable with Palm Beach County's system, which
include, but are not limited to, the Town of Jupiter, the City of Palm Beach Gardens and the City
of Atlantis. All municipal radio systems are functionally interoperable with Palm Beach
County's radio system and the Town of Gulf Stream believes that County Staff has rejected
certain requests for disbursement based on arbitrary and unsupported distinctions.
SECTION 3: The Town Commission of the Town of Gulf Stream, Florida, believes the
$12.50 allocation is necessary for the maintenance and enhancements of the countywide
communications system to provide for the well being of all citizens of Palm Beach County.
SECTION 4: This Town Commission directs the Town of Gulf Stream Clerk to transmit
the executed Resolution to each of the Palm Beach County Commissioners, and to County
Administrator Robert Weisman, at Palm Beach County Governmental Center, 301 North Olive
Avenue, Suite 1101, West Palm Beach, FL 33401, prior to August 21, 2012, when the Board of
County Commissioners will consider this matter.
SECTION 5: This resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 13th day of Jam, 2012.
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Attest:
Town Clerk
TOWN OF GULF STREAM
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Co J sioner
Commissioner
Commissioner