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Council authorizes TextMyGov renewal with limited use; staff to finalize contract details
Summary
Columbia Borough Council authorized renewal of the TextMyGov messaging service on Jan. 14 with restrictions on two‑way communication to contain costs while increasing one‑way message capacity for emergencies; staff said a contract and pricing will be circulated to council.
Columbia Borough Council on Jan. 14 voted to renew the borough’s TextMyGov messaging service with “limited and refined” use that favors one-way emergency messaging over two-way interactive features.
Staff described why the renewal was necessary and what changes the borough will request from the vendor: increase annual message capacity (the vendor can raise the borough’s allotment by 25,000 messages in some packages) while disabling or limiting…
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