2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 1 | State Government › Chapter 128 | 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone Number System › Section 128.06 | County 9-1-1 Program Review Committee; Final Plan for Countywide System.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in divisions (B) and (C) of this section, every county shall maintain a county 9-1-1 program review committee, which shall serve without compensation and shall consist of six voting members as follows:
(1) A member of the board of county commissioners, or a designee, who shall serve as chairperson of the committee;
(2) The chief executive officer of the most populous municipal corporation in the county;
(3) A member of the board of township trustees of the most populous township in the county as selected by majority vote of the board of trustees;
(4) A member of a board of township trustees selected by the majority of boards of township trustees in the county pursuant to resolutions they adopt;
(5) A member of the legislative authority of a municipal corporation in the county selected by the majority of the legislative authorities of municipal corporations in the county pursuant to resolutions they adopt;
(6) An elected official from within the county appointed by the board of county commissioners.
When determining population under division (A)(2) of this section, population residing outside the county shall be excluded.
(B) In counties with fewer than five townships, a population in excess of seven hundred fifty thousand, and which contains more than one public safety answering point, the composition of the 9-1-1 program review committee shall consist of five members as follows:
(1) A member of the board of county commissioners, or a designee, who shall serve as chairperson of the committee;
(2) The chief executive officer of the most populous municipal corporation in the county. Population residing outside the county shall be excluded when making this determination.
(3) A member from one of the following, whichever is more populous:
(a) The chief executive officer of the second most populous municipal corporation in the county;
(b) A member of the board of township trustees of the most populous township in the county as selected by majority vote of the board of trustees.
(4) The chief executive officer of a municipal corporation in the county selected by the majority of the legislative authorities of municipal corporations in the county pursuant to resolutions they adopt;
(5) A member of a board of township trustees selected by the majority of boards of township trustees in the county pursuant to resolutions they adopt.
(C) In counties that contain only one public safety answering point, the composition of the 9-1-1 review committee shall consist of three members as follows:
(1) If the public safety answering point is not operated by the board of county commissioners, the committee shall be composed of the following:
(a) A member of the board of county commissioners, or the member's designee, who shall serve as chairperson of the committee;
(b) One of the following:
(i) If the public safety answering point is operated by a township, then a member of the board of township trustees;
(ii) If the public safety answering point is operated by a municipal corporation, then the chief executive officer of the municipal corporation;
(iii) If the public safety answering point is operated by a subdivision that is not a township or municipal corporation or is operated by a regional council of governments, then an elected official of that subdivision or regional council of governments.
(c) A member who is an elected official of the most populous township or municipal corporation in the county that does not operate the public safety answering point. When determining population under this division, population residing outside the county shall be excluded.
(2) If the public safety answering point is operated by the board of county commissioners, then the board of county commissioners shall serve as the 9-1-1 program review committee.
(D) Each committee shall maintain and amend a final plan for implementing and operating a countywide 9-1-1 system. Any amendment to the final plan shall require a two-thirds vote of the committee. Each committee shall convene at least once annually for the purposes of maintaining or amending a final plan described in this section.
(E) Each committee shall, not later than the first day of March of each year, submit a report to the political subdivisions within the county and to the 9-1-1 program office detailing the sources and amounts of revenue expended to support and all costs incurred to operate the countywide 9-1-1 system and the public safety answering points that are a part of that system for the previous calendar year. A county shall provide the county's committee with any clerical, legal, and other staff assistance necessary.
Last updated September 18, 2023 at 5:21 PM