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Revere remains part of two-town 911 call center; Chelsea expected to join, grants lowered city's appropriation
Summary
A Revere representative told the Ways and Means Subcommittee the city remains part of a two-municipality regional 911 call center with Winthrop; Chelsea is in process of joining, and grant revenues tied to call volume helped the city reduce its FY2026 appropriation relative to last year.
A representative for Revere’s regional 911 call center told the Ways and Means Subcommittee on June 10 that the city remains part of a two-municipality operation with Winthrop and that Chelsea is in the process of joining the center.
The speaker described the budget-setting process for the regional board and said Revere’s FY2026 apportionment is lower than last year because the call center has had success securing grants, some of which are driven by call volume. “So, the benefit of that is that we were able to keep this, budget, under last year's appropriation,” the representative said.
The representative said the center’s budget is adopted at the board level, and Revere’s portion is the apportionment the city shows in its municipal budget. The call center remains formally a two-municipality organization for FY2026, with Chelsea in the process of being added as a third member unit.
Councilors did not take formal action on the regional call-center budget during the hearing. The presentation was informational and intended to clarify the regional arrangement and the city’s fiscal obligation for the upcoming year.
