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Consider a memorandum/resolution consenting to the creation of an emergency services district proposed to be known as Bell County Emergency Services District No. 3, which includes a portion of the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Killeen.
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DATE: May 20, 2025
TO: Kent Cagle, City Manager
FROM: James Kubinski, Fire Chief
SUBJECT: Request for Consent to the creation of the proposed Bell County Emergency Services District No. 3, which includes a portion of the City's extraterritorial jurisdiction
BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:
On April 3, 2025, the City received notice of a petition for the creation of the proposed Bell County Emergency Services District No. 3 (the "ESD") filed with Bell County. The City of Nolanville has given support to their Fire Chief to begin the process of creating an Emergency Services District that is planned to include the City of Nolanville and surrounding unincorporated areas that include a portion of the City of Killeen's Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ).
Because the proposed ESD includes a portion of the City's ETJ, the City must provide consent to the creation of the ESD and inclusion of the portion within the City's ETJ. This is required so that it may be included for the proposed ESD's creation election to be called by the Bell County Commissioners Court (upon review and related hearings) pursuant to Section 775.014 of the Texas Health & Safety Code copied below. The petitioners anticipate the creation election will be called for November 4, 2025. A copy of the Petition is included in the attachments.
Sec. 775.014. CREATION OF DISTRICT THAT INCLUDES MUNICIPAL TERRITORY states:
(a) Before a district may be created that contains territory in a municipality's limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction, a written request to be included in the district must be presented to the municipality's governing body after the petition is filed under Section 775.015. Except as provided by Subsection (c), that terr...
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