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County staff warn substitute 911 bill could leave regional center costs unrecognized
Summary
Spokane County staff updated commissioners on a House Finance substitute that would change how 911 tax revenue is shared between local PSAPs and regional centers and said the amendment removes prior call-volume methodology and calls for an equal distribution of revenues without an explicit cost-recognition formula for regional centers.
Mike Burgess, a county staff member, briefed the Spokane County Board of Commissioners on a substitute amendment to a 911 funding bill under consideration in the House Finance Committee that would change how tax revenues are distributed to public safety answering points (PSAPs).
The substitute strips a prior methodology based on call volume and an earlier 80% figure and replaces it with language that “includes both PSAPs — a local jurisdiction operating their own PSAP as well as a local jurisdiction whose 911 calls are transferred from the…
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