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GARLAND
POLICY REPORT
Work Session Item 3.d.
City Council Work Session Agenda
Meeting Date:
10/10/2022
Item Title:
Next Generation 9-1-1 Fund Subrecipient Grant Contract
Submitted By:
Jeffrey Bryan
Strategic Focus Areas
:
Safe Community
ISSUE
The City of Garland has applied for $973,325 in grant funding from the Commission on State Emergency Communications (CSEC) to assist with the development of the Next Generation 9-1-1 system.
The overall goal of this grant project is to begin the implementation of ESInet and NG9-1-1 in our current Vesta system. The allocated funding will cover a majority of the first-year implementation and software costs. Currently, the City of Garland is in Phase 0 of NG9-1-1 implementation and is not connected to an ESInet.
OPTIONS
Authorize the City Manager to execute the Next Generation 9-1-1 Fund Subrecipient Grant Contract with the Commission on State Emergency Communications.
Do not authorize the City Manager to execute the Next Generation 9-1-1 Fund Subrecipient Grant Contract with the Commission on State Emergency Communications.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that Council authorize the City Manager to execute the Next Generation 9-1-1 Fund Subrecepient Grant Contract with the Commission on State Emergency Communications. This item is scheduled for formal consideration at the October 11, 2022 Regular Meeting.
BACKGROUND
In May 2021, the Texas Legislature passed House Bill 2911 (“HB 2911”) amending Health and Safety Code Chapter 771 to establish September 1, 2025, as the target date for “all parts of the state [to] be covered by next generation 9-1-1 service.” HB 2911 includes new Health and Safety Code § 771.0713 creating the Next Generation 9-1-1 Fund (“NG9-1-1 Fund”) and authorizing it to be funded with “Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds under Section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2) or from any other federal governmental source for purposes of this chapter.”
In November 2021, the Texas Legislature passed
Senate Bill 8 (3rd Special Session)
(“SB 8”). SB 8 Section 30 appropriates $150 million CSFRF funds to the NG9-1-1 Fund “for the deployment and reliable operation of next generation 9-1-1 service, including equipment and administration costs, during the two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act from money received by this state from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund.”
CONSIDERATION
The Next Generation 9-1-1 grant will provide $973,325 in funding upon execution of the Subrecepient Grant Contract.
Attachments
NG911 Fund Subrecipient Grant Contract
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