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King and Queen supervisors approve $2,500 Regroup subscription for county alerts
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The Board approved an annual $2,500 subscription to Regroup to send countywide alerts and event notices by phone, text and email; library director Erin Lazar said the service could begin April 1.
The King and Queen County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously March 11 to buy an annual subscription to Regroup, a mass-notification service the county will use to send residents event notices, weather and emergency updates.
Erin Lazar, the county library’s programming lead, told the Board she has been working to improve outreach and received a quote of $2,500 a year for Regroup. "If approved tonight, the service could start as early as April 1st," she said. The Board member who made the motion, Ms. Billups, and Ms. Norman who seconded it noted the subscription would help get information to residents who otherwise miss notices.
Nut graf: The subscription is intended to allow residents to opt in to phone, text or email notices and to give county staff a single tool to push time-sensitive information to the public. County staff said the cost will be handled through an internal transfer in next year’s budget rather than a mid-year appropriation.
Board members asked about sign-up processes and coverage; Lazar said citizens would be able to control types of messages they receive. The motion passed on a unanimous vote: S.C. Alsop, J.L. Simpkins, M.R. Berry, M.H. Norman and C.R. Billups voting aye.
The subscription purchase was recorded as a routine operational expense; staff said they will return with implementation details and a public signup plan.