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MINUTES <br />CITY COUNCIL <br />NOVEMBER 22, 1989 <br />the $500 fee that the City has set for more than six <br />false alarms was too high and would cause business <br />owners to notify their alarm companies not to call the <br />police in the event of an alarm. Widstrand noted that <br />the insurance deductables may be less than the $500 <br />false alarm fee. <br />Widstrand stated that business owners want as few false <br />alarms as possible, however, felt the $500 false alarm <br />fee was punitive. <br />Fahey noted that there is no charge for the first four <br />false alarms. <br />Blesener pointed out that a portion of the City's cost <br />of police protection is based on the number of calls <br />per year in the City. The more calls, the higher the <br />cost of police protection the citizens have to pay. <br />Fahey pointed out that the false alarm fee is intended <br />to be a penalty to get the attention of the property <br />owner so that the alarm will be repaired. Fahey stated <br />that he is not aware of many places where the number of <br />false alarms has been high enough to get to the higher <br />penalty. <br />Widstrand reported that when he has had a false alarm, <br />his alarm company has checked his system out the next <br />day. However, Widstrand believes there are alarms that <br />are a result of either police radios or jiggling of <br />doors that the sheriff is puttinq down as false alarms <br />on their reports when they are really not false alarms. <br />LaValle agreed that the $500 false alarm fee was too <br />high. LaValle also agreed that there are things that <br />trip burglar alarms such as radio signals. LaValle <br />felt that the false alarm fees established by the <br />Council for fire alarms had a lot of inerit, however, <br />felt the fees were out-of-line for burglar alarms. <br />Collova suggested that perhaps the City should take <br />another look at the issue. <br />Fahey felt that i£ a business had a problem with false <br />alarms, the alarm system should be looked at. <br />Blesener pointed out that Bob's Cycle is located in a <br />secluded area, and suggested that this is the type of <br />location where people would be testing the doors. <br />Blesener agreed that, in a sense this is not a false <br />alarm. <br />Page 8 <br />