Department: Miscellaneous
Department Head/Elected Official:
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Miscellaneous Section
Project ID (if applicable):
Vendor/Entity Legal Name: Greater Harris County 9-1-1 Emergency Network (GHC 9-1-1)
MWDBE Contracted Goal (if applicable):
MWDBE Current Participation (if applicable):
Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request by the Greater Harris County 9-1-1 Emergency Network for approval of the budget for 2025.
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Background and Discussion:
GHC 9-1-1's Board of Managers approved the 2025 Budget for GHC 9-1-1. As required under Chapter 772, Subchapter B, of the Texas Health and Safety Code GHC 9-1-1 is required to have both Harris County Commissioners Court and the City of Houston Council approve the annual operational and capital budget...GHC 9-1-1 is requesting that Harris County Commissioners Court approve the budget totaling $63,921,621 for the calendar year 2025.
GHC 9-1-1 works closely with the HCSO Communications Division and as in prior years, funding for 98 HCSO 9-1-1 call takers totaling $8,110,866 is included in the budget. HCSO is responsible for the supervision and management of the 9-1-1 call takers. GHC 9-1-1 reimburses Harris County for actual expenses and also provides the infrastructure/systems to deliver all 9-1-1 emergency calls to HCSO and all other similar call centers for the 49 cities within Harris and Fort Bend counties and unincorporated areas of Fort Bend County.
Funding for GHC 9-1-1 is based on collections of the 9-1-1 service fees from wireline and wireless telephone customers within the Harris and Fort Bend county area...the wireline fee is set by GHC 9-1-1's Board of Managers, while the fee on wireless devices was set by the Texas State Legislature when the legislation was originally approved.
Expected Impact: N/A
Alternative Options: N/A
Alignment with Goal(s):
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