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Register for CodeRED for Douglas County emergencies
Information provided by the Douglas County Sheri 's O ce
Life can change with just a moment's notice, so it is important for emergency response personnel to be able to connect with residents during an emergency. To ensure accurate crisis communication with residents, the Douglas County Sheri 's O ce and all other Douglas County agencies utilize a mass noti cation system called CodeRED.
CodeRED is a high-speed telephone emergency noti cation system that allows public safety personnel to send messages directly to residents – whether they are home or away – during an emergency. It uses geo-tracking to target speci c areas with prerecorded phone messages, emails or texts.
In November, the Douglas County Emergency Telephone Service Authority performed a test of the CodeRED emergency noti cation system to validate the telephone numbers in the database and to increase the e ciency of the system and the speed in which noti cations will be delivered when the system is used during an actual emergency.
Residents and businesses are encouraged to visit DouglasCountyCodeRed.com to sign up to receive CodeRED noti cations or update their contact information, including additional phone numbers and email addresses to ensure all of the data in the system is accurate
and current. Citizens who have unlisted phone numbers, changed their phone number
or address within the past year and/or those who use a cellular or a VoIP phone as their primary number, should add or update their contact information in the emergency database.
Questions about the CodeRED system can be emailed to public_notify@Douglas911.org.
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Municipal News
Castle Pines residents
elect new mayor and
ve council members
Information provided by the City of Castle Pines
On Monday, January 8, the City of Castle Pines will swear in Tera Radlo as the community’s third mayor in the City’s young history (see related story page 40), as well as ve new City Council members. Radlo will vacate her seat representing Ward 1 when she is sworn in, and City Council will then have 60 days to ll the vacancy.
In addition to the seat to be lled upon Radlo ’s departure, the following Council positions will be lled. They were all uncontested races in the recent election and include:
• Melissa Coudeyras: Current councilmember representing Ward 1; re-elected to serve a four-year term
• Ben Price: Current councilmember representing Ward 2;
re-elected to serve a four-year term.
• Gregory Fisher: Outgoing city treasurer; elected to a
two-year term representing Ward 2
• Roger Hudson: First-time candidate elected to a four-
year term representing Ward 3
• Tracy Engerman: First-time candidate elected to a two-
year term representing Ward 3
Residents are invited to attend the nal City Council meeting for outgoing members, and the swearing in ceremony of
new members on Monday, January 8 at 6 p.m. at City Hall, located at 360 Village Square Lane (inside the library).