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a. Approve and authorize the Monterey County Office of Emergency Services to sign an Agreement for an Emergency Notification System between the County of Monterey and Everbridge Inc. in an amount not to exceed $94,636.03 for a one-year term from October 8, 2022, to October 7, 2023; and
b. Authorize the Auditor-Controller to amend the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Adopted Budget for the Monterey County Office of Emergency Services (001-1050-CAO005-8056) to increase appropriations and estimated revenues by $67,686; the amount collected from participating local jurisdictions for their cost share of the Everbridge Agreement, 4/5th vote required.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve and authorize the Monterey County Office of Emergency Services to sign an Agreement for an Emergency Notification System between the County of Monterey and Everbridge Inc. in an amount not to exceed $94,636.03 for a one-year term from October 8, 2022, to October 7, 2023; and
b. Authorize the Auditor-Controller to amend the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Adopted Budget for the Monterey County Office of Emergency Services (001-1050-CAO005-8056) to increase appropriations and estimated revenues by $67,686; the amount collected from participating local jurisdictions for their cost share of the Everbridge Agreement, 4/5th vote required.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
In October of 2013, the County selected Everbridge, Inc. through a formal solicitation process for this public alert and notification system. The existing amendment to this agreement will expire on Oct. 7th, 2022.
Through this new agreement, Everbridge, Inc, will continue to provide mass notification alerting and messaging software used for emergency alerting and notifications to the residents of Monterey County from the Monterey County Office of Emergency Services (MCOES), the Emergency Communications Department (ECD), county departments, Cities in Monterey County, and CSUMB.
MCOES and ECD are coo...
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