MEMORANDUM
Mayor and Council November 17th, 1978

L.D. Pollock
City Administrator

Re: 91] Emergency Number

In October of last year, Council expressed an interest in
having B.C. Tel institute the '911' emergency number for the Port Coquitlam
area. I recently attended a meeting in Burnaby to discuss this particular
subject as, in order to implement the system, B.C. Tel requires that

where there are overlapping exchanges in adjacent municipalities, both

municipalities should participate in order to facilitate operation. In

our case, we have an overlapping exchange with Coquitlam and therefore if

Coquitlam are involved, it would be necessary for us to become involved.

I have determined that the system will require an additional
outlay in the form of a one-time payment plus an annual levy for operation.
I do not know what the initial outlay would be for Port Coquitlam, but by
way of example, it has been estimated for the District of Burnaby that a
one-time outlay of $18,000. was required. I expect that the one-time cost
for Port Coquitlam would be in proportion to this. The annual cost is in
the 12-13¢ per capita range, therefore we could expect an on-going cost of
$3,000. to $3,500. for maintenance. The unknown factor is the dispatching
costs which may increase. The emergency number question is being investigated
by a Committee in the District of Burnaby and I have been asked to attend

a futher meeting on December ist to obtain further information.

B.C. Tel have offered to undertake a feasibility study of this
system for the municipalities of Burnaby, Coquitlam, New Westminster, Port
Coquitlam and Port Moody. There is no cost for this study, but B.C. Tel
have asked for our concurrence and the concurrence of the other adjacent
municipalities before they proceed. If Council concurs with a further
investigation, I will convey this information to B.C. Tel and, no doubt, they
will arrange to go ahead with their feasibility study.

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