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Residents criticize Cypress alarm-registration fee; council notes $54 cost and suggests review during budget process
5551613 · February 10, 2025
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Summary
Public speakers told the council the alarm registration fee is unfair; council confirmed the FY24–25 fee is $54 and discussed possibly waiving it during a future budget review. The item was approved on the consent calendar.
Residents told the council they oppose an annual alarm registration fee that they said charges homeowners for a service the city does not actively monitor.
Bob Youngsma, a Cypress resident, said the city is “charging me to do nothing” and called the fee theft because residents’ alarm systems connect to…
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