Hoping to bring local control of fees charged to pay for 9-1-1 services, the Central Texas Council of Governments is asking its members to create a regional 9-1-1 Emergency Communications District.
“It was advantageous for us to stay (before) because we were getting more than the $6 million, we were putting in,” Executive Director of CTCOG, Jim Reed, said by phone Tuesday. “But this time, for the first time in 20 years, that number is going to be lower. The region had to decide: do we stay and take the hit, or is it time to control our own destiny?” … READ MORE
