R2022-203 Resolution Authorizing Payment of the 2023 Central Illinois Regional Dispatch Center Invoice -- User Fees for the Decatur Police Department and Decatur Fire Department

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STAFF REPORT To: Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe City Council Members From: Scot Wrighton,City Manager Shane Brandel,Chief of Police Subject: Central Illinois Regional Dispatch Center(CIRDC)2023 Invoice BRIEFING ITEM RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve by resolution the payment of the 2023 user fees for the Decatur Police Department and the Decatur Fire Department to the Central Illinois Regional Dispatch Center. BACKGROUND: On June 5,2017,under Resolution 2017-76,the City Council approved the City of Decatur entering into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Central Illinois Regional Dispatch Center(CIRDC) to begin providing dispatching services to the City of Decatur Police and Fire Departments on January 1,2018. The CIRDC fee for 2023 decreased from 2022 by $56,550.30. This is due to a restructuring of how the CIRDC will bill the user agencies. Previously,the fee was based on the number of calls for service for each agency. Moving forward, a fixed percentage of the CIRDC overall budget will be applied to each user agency. The fixed percentage will be based on historical calls for service data. This type of billing structure will provide each agency with more stable billing projections. The Decatur Police Department and the Decatur Fire Department are the largest police and fire agencies served by the CIRDC,thus our share is larger than other users. The breakdown of the 2023 invoice for user fees for the City of Decatur are as follows: Decatur Police Department $1,727,731.78 Decatur Fire Department $337,048.79 The user fees are billed annually but paid quarterly to the CIRDC. The user fees due in 2023 have been budgeted for as separate lines in the DPD and DFD 2023 budgets and are to go before the Council for approval. ATTACHMENTS: CIRDC 2023 Invoice CIRDC 2023 Budget CIRDC 2023 User Fees