Chair Mink called the meeting to order at 1:35 p.m.

Attendance Record

Present: 11 Representatives. Excused: 4 (Representatives Davis, Koplinka-Loehr, Proto, and Stein).

Presentation of Resolution from the Public Safety Committee

RESOLUTION NO. 70 - EXTENDING THE ADDITIONAL SURCHARGE ON TELEPHONE ACCESS LINES

MOVED by Mr. Totman, seconded by Mr. Joseph, and unanimously adopted by voice vote by members present.

WHEREAS, the New York State Legislature amended Section 303 of the County Law to allow Tompkins County to impose a surcharge in an amount not to exceed 55 cents per access line per month on customers of telephone service suppliers, and

WHEREAS, said legislation is due to expire on November 30, 2001, and

WHEREAS, the deadline for the County to request the introduction of legislation to extend the surcharge is April 11, 2001, and

WHEREAS, the revenues generated by the additional surcharge are needed to allow continuing upgrade of the mobile data communication system including the enhancement of the computer-aided dispatch system which is needed to facilitate the consolidation of emergency 911 services at a single location and to update the aging mobile data communications equipment, now therefore be it

RESOLVED, That this Board endorses and requests State approval with legislation permanently extending the expiration of the 55 cent surcharge for enhanced emergency telephone systems in the County of Tompkins.

SEQR ACTION: TYPE II-20

Chair Mink asked County Administration to work with the appropriate staff and/or relevant program committee to develop a routing system for these types of resolutions.

Report from the Charter Review Committee

Mr. Lane, Chairman, reported the block data have been coming in for the Census. Mr. Potter presented a preliminary map showing 2000 Census block errors. In coordination with the City and Planning Department, he has been pulling together the Census 2000 data in preparation for the redistricting project. One area of concern in the City and crossing over into the Village of Cayuga Heights are some extreme discrepancies between some of the Census block population counts which ultimately further impacts reviewing each legislation district. At this time Mr. Potter reviewed the map. Mr. Mank of the Planning Department spoke about the process to correct the discrepancies. He said the discrepancies are with the dormitories which appear to have been erroneously placed in one block. He commented that locating group quarters in the wrong block is a problem across the United States. The process for getting this corrected, when the housing data are available in June or July, is the County will need to write a letter identifying the discrepancies. To redistrict, the County has the option to change these numbers manually pending approval by the Census Bureau. He is not sure if the Census Bureau will provide the actual count for those dormitories or not. Mr. Potter commented that the errors are also by municipal districts and not just legislative districts.

Mr. Lane said the Charter Review Committee will be looking at these maps at their meeting tomorrow and encouraged Board members to attend.

Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 1:53 p.m.