Council updates plan to roll out Code Red emergency notifications citywide

Aug 17, 2026

Council heard a progress report on a Code Red emergency-notification rollout — a multi-channel push (text, mail, door hangers, neighborhood blitz) with a target start in early September and a tentative annual budget of about $105,000 for outreach and platform costs.

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Councilwoman Cummings briefed the council on a planned citywide Code Red emergency-notification rollout, designed to increase resident sign-ups for text-message or voice alerts. The plan emphasizes enrollment via QR codes, rack cards and in-person sign-up events, and includes outreach through churches, city events and neighborhood canvassing downstream from a recent water-main break.

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