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The city’s case for moving Dallas’ 911, 311 dispatch centers out of downtown
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Dallas Observer
Update, 8/6/2026: The Dallas City Council received a briefing on the proposed November public safety bond election on Aug. 5, and support seemed largely split across the horseshoe.
Original article from Aug. 5 belowIn one week, the Dallas City Council will be at the deadline to call a bond election for this November.
If approved, the package propositions would be the second city bond package Dallas voters have been asked to consider in the last two years.
Moving Dallas’ emergency call centers out of City Hall is an argument that has emerged alongside the broader debate over whether City Hall is worth salvaging at all.
Despite impassioned lobbying to preserve City Hall, the 911 issue has avoided much of the public scrutiny that other efforts to reduce the building’s workforce have received.