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9am Countywide Public Mass Notification System Standard Operating Procedures Vlll. COSTS The County of Orange agrees to fund the System for notifications classified as "emergency use". The County of Orange also agrees to continue to purchase updated E911 telephone data and geographic maps. Costs associated with use of the System for non -emergency activity is the responsibility of the local Agency through separate contract with the mass notification Vendor. IX. SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION/OPERATIONS Individual Agencies are responsible for providing logins and procedural training to key individuals within their Agency responsible for using the Mass Notification System, A. County Administrator The Orange County Sheriffs Department will assign and maintain a designated Mass Notification Program Administrator responsible for overall acquisition, accessibility, maintenance, compliance and management of all components required to provide an effective countywide mass notification system. The County Administrator is responsible for: 1. System acquisition and contract management. 2. Policy management and as needed modification (in consultation with public safety, emergency management and emergency response personnel.) 3. Audit compliance: routine monitoring of System use to insure policy and contract compliance. 4. Access management: record management of signed MOU from each participating Agency, distribution of local administrator accounts and updated local administrator contact list. 5. Data management: E911 data acquisition, update and compliance monitoring. Countywide map file acquisition, update and overall geo-coding. 6. Testing: facilitate routine System -wide test exercise, document overall test results and recommend and execute, as needed, corrective action at the County level. 7. Public education campaign: initiate and facilitate public education campaign aimed at making the public aware of the countywide public mass notification system initiative and citizen web portal. 8. System support: provide support to Local Agency Administrators. B. Local Agency Administrator Participating Agencies agree to appoint a designated Mass Notification Local Administrator responsible for leading, coordinating, monitoring and optimizing use of the Mass Notification System at the local level. Local Agency Administrator shall act as the Agency's central point Of contact and will work collaboratively with the County Administrator to insure local use of the system is within policy and MOU guidelines. Local Agency Administrator is responsible for: Page 9 of 14