Prosper - Celina Edition | October 2024

BY ALEX REECE

What comes next?

Zooming in

priorities for Prosper’s council is accelerating infrastructure, which in turn helps first responders get to emergencies faster, he said. The town will also need roads going to and from Fire Station No. 4, which is currently being designed. “Right now, we could be as much as 10 or 11 minutes out there to the east side of town, which is a long time,” Blasingame said. “That will reduce having that station out there.” Celina’s budget also has funding for a new street crew and money set aside for more street main- tenance equipment, Celina City Manager Robert Ranc said in an emailed statement. The Celina Police Department is also gaining two new traffic officers through the budget, Cullison said. “As the city develops, there will be continued investment in public safety, including new fire stations and new firefighters and police officers,” Ranc said. “This investment will be vital to keeping our residents safe as the city continues to grow.”

Prosper and Celina both have a growing tax base that funds public safety though they are funded through their budgets differently. Public safety funding in Prosper does not only come from revenue in the general fund. It also comes from two special purpose districts, which are funded by a portion of the town’s sales tax revenue. The special purpose districts mainly go toward salaries for first responders, Blasingame said. Celina’s public safety departments are solely funded through the general fund. Funding increases for public safety departments are typical for a growing community, Beamis said. “One of our strategic goals as a city is, ‘Be the city built on public safety,’” Cullison said. “When you do that, you also have to budget for it.” Some parts of a budget may seem unrelated to public safety but still contribute in other ways, Prosper Engineering Director Hulon Webb said. Aside from public safety, one of the top

One project on the horizon in both Prosper and Celina is a fourth fire station. For Prosper, the new station will be located near E. Prosper Trail and be the second- to-last to open before the town reaches buildout. Celina’s Fire Station No. 4 will go inside the Public Safety Campus along Punk Carter Parkway which hosts Celina’s police headquarters and will one day include a city-run emergency dispatch center.

2026: Prosper Fire Station 4 opens Celina Fire Station 4 opens

2027: Celina dispatch center projected to open

SOURCES: CITY OF CELINA, TOWN OF PROSPER/COMMUNITY IMPACT

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