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Presenter seeks Temple consent to include city extraterritorial area in proposed emergency services district
Summary
A consultant and fire chief presented a proposal to form an emergency services district (ESD) spanning parts of several jurisdictions and requested Temple’s consent to include a portion of the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction. Staff said consent would be brought back as a future council action and saw no major impact to the city.
Temple — A proposal to form a multi-jurisdictional emergency services district that would include part of Temple’s extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) was presented to the City Council, and the presenter asked the council to give staff permission to allow that portion of the ETJ to be included in the proposed district.
Robert Cunningham, who described himself as a resident and said he was hired in 2023 to help develop a paid fire department in a nearby city, outlined a map of a proposed district covering several communities and their ETJs. Cunningham said the proposed district would put professional firefighters and additional stations…
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