Gilbert, AZ
Municipality in Arizona
United States
Gilbert, AZ increases resident awareness of online utility payments with sweepstakes
The town's Utilities team introduced a sweepstakes for a $500 Visa gift card running through January 2023. Residents enter into the drawing if they sign up for AutoPay or complete three payments in a row through the billing portal. This contest followed a 2018 campaign that entered online portal users into a drawing for two Arizona Cardinals tickets. Increases in AutoPay and online payments reduce paper waste while improving the timeliness of payments.
Gilbert, AZ
United States
Gilbert, AZ promotes responsible water usage with Smart Irrigation Controller Rebate
Town officials approved the rebate to reduce water waste from outdoor watering. The program offers up to $250 per residential property and $400 per non-residential property in rebates. Eligible devices are listed on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's WaterSense product database and purchased after September 26, 2022. Gilbert scheduled a free workshop for interested parties to learn about smart controllers and the best products for their properties.
Gilbert, AZ
United States
Gilbert, AZ is partnering with Dell Technologies to implement strategic cybersecurity technology
The town of Gilbert is partnering with Dell Technologies to implement strategic and proactive cybersecurity technology including a cyber recovery vault, monitoring software, layered passwords, time stamps, machine learning, artificial intelligence, etc. The cyber recovery vault will protect copies of the town's data and IT infrastructure to provide an opportunity to boot up a backup in response to a cyberattack.
Gilbert, AZ
United States
Gilbert, AZ created a fully integrated open data portal avatar
The city of Gilbert plans to integrate their open data portal avatar, Alex, with mobile devices, Facebook Messenger, and Amazon Echo using the Sonar chatbot from Esri. The next phase of this project includes using the portal to improve interdepartmental collaboration.
Gilbert, AZ
United States