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A committee of the Macomb County Board of Commissioners recently gave preliminary approval to a 42-cent per-month surcharge on cell phones for 911 operations, but a scheduled full-board vote on the matter last Thursday was delayed.
The Records and Public Safety Committee on Monday, March 14, approved the assessment in a 9-4 vote. The fee, which amounts to $5 per year, on each cell phone in Macomb County is needed to raise an estimated $3.3 million a year primarily to keep up with advancing technology in the emergency 911 system, officials said…
