Jasper County Transfer to SETRPC

TO:        DETCOG MEMBER COUNTIES AND CITIES

FROM:  DETCOG DIRECTOR

Attached is a news release issued jointly by Jasper County, DETCOG, and the South East Texas Regional Planning Commission.  Yesterday, Governor Abbott approved Jasper County's request to transfer from the DETCOG region to the SETRPC region.

The news release is pretty self explanatory and contains all that we know at this time.  The transfer was approved with yesterday as the effective date; however, the actual transition of programs will have to take place over a period of time, so there are a lot of things to be worked out and questions to be answered.  We will continue to work collaboratively with Jasper County and SETRPC to accomplish this move as smoothly as possible for the benefit of everyone.