The Harker Heights City Council, at a recent meeting, heard a report from City Manager David Mitchell, concerning the updating of the Bell County 9-1-1 Communications Center Agreement, which, in addition to Harker Heights, serves Killeen, Temple, Belton, and Bell County (county events) and pays for one-half of the center’s operating costs.
The original agreement, set up in 2002, established a Regulatory Board of Operations (RBO) that consisted of the four city managers and the Bell County judge. Under the updated agreement, the fire chiefs are now members of the RBO and serve as technicians on the board. Now that the chiefs attend, the RBO has eight members and represents all the cities served by the 9-1-1 Center, which is located in Belton… READ MORE
