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Council signals federal priority: public-safety radios over Hope Village funding
Summary
City staff sought council direction on two federal funding priorities—replacement police radios and operating support for Hope Village—and council signaled that radios should be the top federal ask while maintaining Hope Village as a secondary request to state and federal partners.
City staff asked Longview City Council for direction on the city’s federal legislative agenda at the Jan. 23 meeting, seeking a priority between two requests: replacement police/public-safety radios and additional operational funding for Hope Village.
Staff recommended prioritizing replacement radios that would allow Longview public-safety personnel to communicate with both analog and digital systems used by…
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