For City Council Meeting [April 24, 2018]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Robb R. Steel, Interim City Administrator
FROM: Mark P. Kling, Interim Chief of Police
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Request City Council to Approve the Renewal of Nixle 360 Platform in the Amount of $24,602.27 from Everbridge Inc. for a Community Information Notification System.
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BACKGROUND:
Currently the Rialto Police Department utilizes the Nixle 360 Platform, a community information notification system for law enforcement and government agencies. The Nixle 360 Platform provides a comprehensive package that allows the Rialto Police Department and City of Rialto the ability to make community and emergency notifications to the public through email, text, twitter, Facebook, and voice notifications via landlines and cellular phones.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION:
The current contract for Nixle 360 expires on April 30, 2018, and requires a renewal that would begin on May 1, 2018 and end on June 30, 2019. Nixle 360 currently provides all the different notification services under one umbrella and includes two separate accounts, allowing the Police Department and the City to send relevant information specific to each individual entity.
Some of the robust features of Nixle 360 include target messages with custom-drawn geographical mapping technology or customized lists, uplinks to multiple voice carriers, FEMA IPAWS & Google integration, community marketing support, and social media integration. Information would be immediately available over subscribers' cell phones by text message, by email, and over the web through social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook.
Nixle's service is built on one of the most secure, reliable, and high-speed distribution platforms, ensuring that we are able to send immediate and trustworthy, geographically relevant information to the citizens of Rialto.
Staff is recommending approval for the renewal of the Nixle 360 Platform for the Rialto Poli...
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