About CAPCOG

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Mission Statement

Serve the Capital Area as a regional advocate, planner, coordinator, and service provider.

Goals

  • To lead in the promotion of regionalism;
  • To build partnerships for the economic, environmental, and social development of the region;
  • To identify needs within the region and provide access to resources; and
  • To provide exceptional service.
    The CAPCOG region includes Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Fayette, Hays, Lee, Llano, Travis, and Williamson Counties.

The Capital Area Council of Governments (CAPCOG) was organized in 1970 to serve local governments in its ten-county region, known as State Planning Region 12. CAPCOG is a regional planning commission organized under Chapter 391, Local Government Code, and is one of 24 within the State of Texas. CAPCOG is commonly referred to as a Council of Governments (COG).

The primary focus of CAPCOG is to serve as advocate, planner and coordinator of initiatives that, when undertaken on a regional basis, can be more effective and efficient. These include emergency communications services, elderly assistance, law enforcement training, criminal justice planning, solid waste reduction, homeland security planning, infrastructure development, land use and transportation planning,  and economic development. 

What Is A Council Of Governments (COG)?

Councils of Governments are voluntary associations of counties, cities, and special districts formed under Texas law. These associations deal with the problems and planning needs that cross the boundaries of individual local governments or that require regional attention. Although known by several different names, including council of governments, regional planning commissions, associations of governments and area councils, they are most commonly referred to as "COGs".

Texas Councils of Governments

  • PRPC/ Panhandle Regional Planning Commission
  • SPAG/ South Plains Association of Governments
  • NORTEX/ Nortex Regional Planning Commission
  • NCTCOG /North Central Texas Council of Governments
  • ATCOG /ARK-Tex Council of Governments
  • ETCOG/ East Texas Council of Governments
  • WCTCOG/ West Central Texas Council of Governments
  • RGCOG/ Rio Grande Council of Governments
  • PBRPC/ Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission
  • CVCOG/ Concho Valley Council of Governments
  • HOTCOG/ Heart of Texas Council of Governments
  • CAPCOG/ Capital Area Council of Governments
  • BVDC/ Brazos Valley Development Council
  • DETCOG/ Deep East Texas Council of Governments
  • SETRPC/ South East Texas Regional Planning Commission
  • H-GAC/ Houston-Galveston Area Council
  • GCRPC/ Golden Crescent Regional Planning Commission
  • AACOG/ Alamo Area Council of Governments
  • STDC/ South Texas Development Council
  • CBCOG/ Coastal Bend Council of Governments
  • LRGVDC/ Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council
  • TEXOMA/ Texoma Council of Governments
  • CTCOG/ Central Texas Council of Governments
  • MRGDC/ Middle Rio Grande Council Development Council

Administrative Services

The General Services Section is the centralized source of CAPCOG's information distribution system and acts as the liaison between the CAPCOG membership and the agency. Duties include: CAPCOG program and meeting scheduling, database upkeep, advisory committee member lists and attendance records, publishing and distribution of the CAPCOG Newsletter, publishing and distribution of a Regional Directory, publishing and distribution of the Annual Report. Other publications distributed include copies of Regional Plans formulated by CAPCOG, training schedules, program brochures, advertisements, and public service announcements. Notice of newspaper articles or interviews with staff about CAPCOG are provided to the Member Services Section for proper agency response coordination.

Information Services Division maintains the agency's computer, networking, and telephone equipment, and provides guidance in the selection of new equipment and the development of regional technological infrastructure. This includes administration/maintenance of the CAPCOG Local Area Network, 9-1-1 Wide Area Network, operating systems, servers, network printers/plotters, network hardware, and e-mail, Internet and user application support for regional 9-1-1 Addressing/GIS offices and CAPCOG Staff. Additional technical troubleshooting at CAPCOG is done with assistance from each program area's Computer Support Staff person.

The Finance Section handles internal and external services for all CAPCOG programs in the following areas: accounting, budgeting, financial management and reporting, purchasing and payroll. Finance also provides certain support services as needed to implement programs in accordance with grant and contract agreements. 

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(512) 916-6000

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