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Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
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Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Greater Harris County 9-1-1 Emergency Network (GHC 9-1-1)
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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 2024.
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Background and Discussion:
GHC 9-1-1’s Board of Managers approved the 2024 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 $55,675,591 for the calendar year 2024.
GHC 9-1-1 works closely with the HCSO Communications Division and as in prior years, funding for 96 HCSO 9-1-1 call takers totaling $7,865,667 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 completed.
Expected Impact: N/A
Alternative Options: N/A
Alignment with Goal(s):
X Justice and Safety
_ Economic Opportunity
_ Housing
_ Public Health
_ Transportation
_ Flooding
_ Environment
_ Governance and Customer Service
Prior Court Action (if any):
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Precinct(s): Countywide
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Anticipated Court Date: October 31, 2023
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): January 1 - December 31, 2024
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or COVID-19 related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Stan Heffernan, Executive Director, Richard Corbitt, Financial Officer
Attachments (if applicable): 2024 Budget Book copies were delivered October 23, 2023 to the offices of the Harris County Judge, Commissioners, Office of County Administration, and HCSO.