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Council updates siren project; residents to buy indoor Safe Network units at vendor's reduced price
Summary
City staff presented the final alert-and-warning standard operating procedure and options for funding home indoor receivers (Safe Units). Council accepted the SOP for filing, agreed that vendor HQE will install outdoor infrastructure, and voted that homeowners will purchase indoor units at the vendor's at-cost price rather than full city subsidy.
City staff presented a status update on the outdoor siren and Safe Network emergency notification system and asked the City Council to choose how to allocate the cost of indoor Safe Network receiver units.
Staff described a final version of the alert-and-warning standard operating procedure (SOP) as a working document; staff will bring any substantial revisions back to council. HQE, the vendor, offered at-cost pricing for up to 2,100 indoor Safe Network units ($92.84 per unit before tax and shipping) and agreed to provide the outdoor transmitter/antenna infrastructure and installation at…
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