Madison Public Works Text Messaging Press Release

Posted on Tuesday, February 3, 2015

February 3, 2015
Press Release
For Immediate Release

The City of Madison is announcing that it has added a new text message notification option. The sole purpose of this advancement is to better serve and keep the citizens informed of situations within the city. Text messaging is designed to communicate to mobile devices in the fastest, most reliable way.

Beginning on January 27, 2015 the City of Madison rolled out the beginning stage of text communications. By texting the word ‘MADISON’ to (605)593-8008, individuals can sign up to receive text messages regarding:

__•Emergencies • Snow Alerts • Energy Alerts • Garbage Holiday Scheduled Changes • Water Main Breaks

• Electrical Outages • City Wide Clean-Up • Electronics Drop Off • Street Closures • Hydrant Flushing
• City Projects (chip sealing, street projects)__

Fred Snoderly, Public Works Director, stated, “This is one more way to make citizens aware of city business. Right now we are focused primarily on Emergencies and Alerts and will hopefully be able to expand, in the future, to include Park & Rec and Community Events.”

Text messaging is not designed to take the place of any current communication tools being utilized. It will simply provide an additional resource for our City of Madison residents.