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Officials warn Berkeley County 9-1-1 funding model is strained; commissioners ask for financial review
Summary
County staff briefed commissioners that the county's 9-1-1 fund is under stress because wireless revenues are controlled and a declining wireline base plus vacancies create a budget gap. Staff proposed a wireline-fee increase scenario and commissioners requested a two-year financial overview and further modeling before any ordinance change.
County staff told the Berkeley County Commission that the county’s 9-1-1 system is facing structural funding pressure and presented modeling that would require increasing the wireline fee if the commission wants the Public Safety Fund to stand on its own.
A county presenter told commissioners that the county’s 9-1-1 fee revenue last year was about $3,498,659, of which roughly $2,461,747 (about 71%) came from wireless charges collected and distributed by the state, and about $1,036,912 (about 30%) came from what the presenter called “wireline” sources…
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