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Walnut Grove staff recommend Code Red-style system after vendor demos
Summary
City staff reviewed four mass-notification vendors — Code Red (referred to in meeting as Code Red/COBRA), CivicPlus, UpAhead and TextMyGov — and recommended a Code Red–type product for its longevity, ADA features and lower follow-up costs; council agreed to place the item on the council meeting agenda for formal action.
City staff presented four proposals for a new mass-notification system during a Walnut Grove work session, recommending a Code Red–style product because of its longevity in the emergency-notification sector and built-in ADA support.
The staff presentation, led by Joe Walter, the city clerk, summarized that CivicPlus, UpAhead, TextMyGov and Code Red (referred to in the presentation variously as “COBRA”/Code Red) offered similar services — voice, text and email alerts, templates and administration — but differed on price, ADA compliance and reference clients. Walter said Code Red’s follow-up pricing declined in later years and that the vendor had long experience…
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