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Primary Department Head/Elected Official: NA
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Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Miscellaneous Section
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Vendor/Entity Legal Name: Greater Harris County 9-1-1 Emergency Network (GHC 9-1-1)
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Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
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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 2026.
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Background and Discussion:
GHC 9-1-1’s Board of Managers approved the 2026 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 $72,028,285 for the calendar year 2026.
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 $10,239,804 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: NA
Alternative Options: NA
County Strategic Plan Goal: N/A
County Strategic Plan Objective: N/A
Justice/Safety Initiative (Goal 1): N/A
Infrastructure Initiative (Goal 2): N/A
Economy Initiative (Goal 3): N/A
Health Initiative (Goal 4): N/A
Climate/Resilience Initiative (Goal 5): N/A
Housing Initiative (Goal 6): N/A
Additional notes related to the Strategic Plan:
Greater Harris County 9-1-1 Emergency Network provides the infrastructure/systems to deliver all 9-1-1 emergency calls to HCSO.
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Anticipated Court Date: 11/13/2025
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): 1/1/2026
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or ARPA related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Richard Corbitt - Financial Officer, Stan Heffernan - Executive Director
Attachments (if applicable): 2026 Budget book copies are to be delivered on October 29 to the offices of the Harris County Judge, Commissioners, Office of County Administration, and HCSO.