This proposal does not require St. Louis County to establish an Emergency Communications Systems District. Officials of the Office of the Director of Administration for St. Louis County stated that this proposal would not have any fiscal impact for St. Louis County because they are not obligated to set up an Emergency Communications Systems District. Officials of the University City Police Department, LeMay Fire Protection District, assume there would be no fiscal impact. Officials assume there would be election costs if voters were asked to approve a funding source. Officials of the Creve Coeur Police Department, City of Bridgeton Police Department and the City of Brentwood Police Department stated that if an Emergency Communication tax were approved by the voters their departments would be able to afford communication equipment that is needed.
Officials assume no impact to their departments.
Oversight assumes this is enabling legislation and would require action by St. Louis County along with voter approval of either a 6 cents per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation, or a sales tax that could not exceed one-tenth of one percent before there would be fiscal impact. Oversight assumes there would be income from the tax, and costs of establishing and maintaining an Emergency Communications System. Oversight assumes this proposal is permissive. The income and costs as described above would not occur without action by the governing body, with a voter approved tax.