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Council approves resolution to join Central Texas Regional 9-1-1 Emergency Communications District
Summary
Copperas Cove city council voted to approve Resolution 2025-7 to join a new Central Texas Regional 9-1-1 Emergency Communications District; the change redirects the existing 50¢ 9-1-1 fee to the regional entity and does not create taxing authority.
Copperas Cove city council voted April 15 to approve Resolution 2025-7 authorizing the city to join the Central Texas Regional 9-1-1 Emergency Communications District, a regional emergency communications entity being organized through the Central Texas Council of Governments (Citcog).
City Manager Ryan Haverlaw said the change redirects the existing 50¢-per-line 9-1-1 fee so Citcog (the regional council of governments) — rather than the state allocation process — will receive funds to operate regional 9-1-1 services. “By passing the attached resolution to become a emergency communications district, that 50¢ fee would then be remitted to Citcog directly,” Haverlaw said during the meeting.
The nut of the change is financial and…
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