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Lynwood approves first reading of Cook County alert system MOU
Summary
Trustees took first reading of Resolution #25-12 to join Cook County's Alert Cook mass-notification service, which the mayor said will be available to the village at no cost via a county portal.
The board approved a first reading of Resolution #25-12 to enter a Memorandum of Understanding with Cook County for countywide alert and mass-notification services under the Alert Cook initiative. Trustee Marshall moved and Trustee Dunlap seconded the first reading; the motion carried with Ayes: Eaves, Dunlap, Blakey, Hurt and Marshall.
Mayor Curry described the arrangement as a system the village "will be able to leverage that is at no cost to the Village," noting the county portal will allow Lynwood to both send and receive messages. No implementation timetable was provided at the meeting.
