HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 12 - Emergency Notification ServicesMEMOTO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: BRUNO RUMBELOW, CITY MANAGER
MEETING DATE: NOVEMBER 5, 2019
SUBJECT: APPROVAL TO RENEW AN ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR EMERGENCY
NOTIFICATION SERVICES
RECOMMENDATION: City Council to consider the renewal of an annual contract for emergency
notification services with Onsolve, LLC for the Fire Department.
FUNDING SOURCE: Funds are available in the General Fund account 100-44505-120-001
(Travel, Training, Dues) for an amount not to exceed $18,500.
BACKGROUND: This contract provides the City with continued capability to disseminate
emergency and community alerts via landline, cell phone, SMS text
message, email, TDD, and mobile app.In addition to local alerts for
emergencies such as water outages and other important communication
such as West Nile Virus spraying, the service also covers internal
notifications, and Onsolve's automated weather alerting which notifies
subscribed users of National Weather Service Warnings.
The original contract began in 2006. The term of the contract was for one
year with optional, one year renewals.
Staff recommends approval.
MF/LW