Does the Connect-CTY service replace other systems that have been used to provide time-sensitive information to residents?
This system is a significant enhancement to existing means of communication and is supplemental to, not a replacement for, the systems we have used in the past. The call-in emergency information line XXX-XXX-XXXX, which is activated during an emergency situation, will still be available. Also, TV, radio and our city website will continue to broadcast important announcements.

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1. What is the Connect-CTY service?
2. How does the service work?
3. What types of messages will be sent using the service?
4. Does the Connect-CTY service replace other systems that have been used to provide time-sensitive information to residents?
5. Is my telephone number included in the notification database?
6. May I use a cell phone as my notification database listing?
7. What precautions are being taken to protect personal information?
8. Will there be a way to positively identify incoming calls which are made by the city using the system?
9. Will the Connect-CTY service work if I have a call screening system on my phone?
10. If I am a nonresident home or condominium owner, what phone should be listed in the notification database?
11. If I have provided more than 1 phone number, when will the phone numbers be called?
12. My primary phone or my 2nd listing is a cell phone with a nonlocal area code. Will the Connect-CTY service call numbers outside the area?
13. How does the Connect-CTY system respond to busy signals or no-answer situations?
14. I am receiving city notification calls at my fax or my secondary phone line. Can I switch to have the system call my primary phone number?
15. I was not able to listen to the entire call. Is there a way to repeat the message?
16. I answer the phone, but the “hello” message repeats. It then hangs up, calls back, and the same thing happens again. How can I hear the entire message?