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Linn County commissioners direct staff to expand employee notifications using Everbridge and collect contact details
Summary
After a lengthy discussion about gaps in employee communications, commissioners asked IT, emergency management and HR to compile employee contact lists and to use the county’s Everbridge/CivicReady systems for texts and emails; departments will pilot steps and report back next week.
Linn County commissioners directed county IT, emergency management and human resources staff to compile employee contact lists and expand use of the county’s mass-notification systems so that employees receive timely emails and text messages about operations, trainings and emergencies.
The discussion grew out of repeated complaints that employees and department heads were not reliably getting notices about closures, trainings and other county business. Commissioners and staff considered two notification platforms the county uses or has access to—Everbridge (a regional system provided through Homeland…
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