Broken Arrow City Council
Meeting of: 08-04-2015
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Office of City Manager
Title:
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Approval of and authorization to execute Amendment No. 5 to the Blackboard Connect-CTY Services Agreement for emergency/community notification systems services
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Background:
The City of Broken Arrow has used Blackboard Connect-cty for several years. The notifications system has been used to alert citizen of public meetings, water outages and other urgent information. In the last year, the system has been used 205 times to call 114,991 individual phone numbers, 10,086 e-mails and 20,172 text messages. Blackboard Connect-cty was used extensively for water line breaks, severe weather notifications and important public meetings.
Funds are budgeted in the Utilities Department of BAMA and General Government in the General Fund. Staff recommends that the Council approve Amendment No. 5 to the Blackboard Connect-CTY Services Agreement.
Cost: $72,500.00
Prepared By: David N. Boggs, Chief of Police
Reviewed By: Police Department
Finance Department
Assistant City Manager
Approved By: Russell M. Gale, Acting City Manager
Attachments: Blackboard Connect (Connect-CTY) renew Amendment
Recommendation:
Approve Amendment No. 5 to the Blackboard Connect-CTY Services Agreement and authorize its execution.