Photo by Samantha Bryant/Community Impact NewspaperWilliamson County Judge Dan Gattis (left) and commissioners Cynthia Long, Valerie Covey, Ron Morrison and Lisa Birkman attended the Jan. 26 ground breaking ceremony for the emergency services operations center.
More than 70 people were in attendance at the Jan. 26 ground-breaking ceremony for the Williamson County Emergency Services Operations Center, which will be constructed behind the animal shelter on S.E. Inner Loop in Georgetown.
The new center is projected to be finished by next summer and includes 30,000 square feet of space for county departments, including 911 communications, Emergency Management and Hazardous Materials as well as some personnel from the Sheriff's Office and Williamson County & Cities Health District.
"It will do a great deal to bringing all the resources we have together," Sheriff James Wilson said.
Wilson said the new center, located at 2100 S.E. Inner Loop in Georgetown, will be important when the county deals with widespread emergencies such as fires or flooding.
