A state proposal that could impact distribution of funds for local emergency communications higlights tensions between city, county

The funding mechanism for the largest 911 call-taker in Spokane County could be upended by a proposal in the state Legislature.

The bill filed by State Rep. Marcus Riccelli, D–Spokane, is another element of the long standoff between the city of Spokane and the county-led Spokane Regional Emergency Communications agency, or SREC.

Under Riccelli’s bill, which was also filed last year but sputtered, SREC could be forced to share its revenue with the city of Spokane if the two can’t come to a deal to work together under one emergency communications agency.

SREC launched in 2019, replacing the city-led Combined Communications Center. It has brought aboard more than a

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