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Commissioners pause Civic Plus payments, direct use of free Everbridge emergency notifications, plan website strategy session
Summary
Board members agreed to delay renewing Civic Plus and directed staff to explore a website strategy session and use Everbridge for emergency notifications after missed weather alerts.
Linn County commissioners voted to hold payment on the county’s Civic Plus service while staff pursue a website strategy session and expand use of a free emergency-notification system, Everbridge.
Why it matters: County leaders said they missed weather and shelter notifications during a recent ice storm and that Civic Plus had not been used to push urgent messages to the public or staff. Commissioners and staff discussed using Everbridge — a free, Homeland Security–funded alert system that several county staff said already supports hundreds of sign-ups — to provide targeted emergency alerts to…
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