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Court approves updated service agreement for statewide automated victim notification service
Summary
Erath County approved a revised service agreement to continue participation in the Statewide Automated Victim Notification Service (SAVNS) after the Texas Attorney General's office switched vendors for the program's software.
Erath County Commissioners approved an updated service agreement to continue using the statewide automated victim notification system (commonly referred to in the meeting as SAVNS), a program administered through the Texas Attorney General’s Office. Staff said the state has changed vendors for the program’s software, requiring local jurisdictions to sign an updated agreement.
Judge Huckabee moved to approve the updated service agreement and Commissioner Shannon (second name reported in transcript as Shannon) seconded; the court approved the agreement by voice vote and the signed agreement will be returned to the attorney general’s office as required.
County officials noted there have been “a lot of issues” with the program and the vendor change is intended to address software problems at the state level. No county funding change was attached to the approval; this action authorizes the county to continue participation under the updated software vendor contract.
