Text service could come to Davenport

DAVENPORT — A partly automated, partly manned service that would allow citizens to text the City on a myriad of topics while also allowing the City to send text alerts to citizens could be on its way, Mayor Jonathan Chapman told City Council at a regular meeting Wednesday, April 10.

The optional service, which would be through TextMyGov, would create a number for the City that would allow citizens to ask questions about billing, alert the City of a street or water emergency and other City matters.

The City could develop automated responses or direct texts needing more specific answers to the c...