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Council repeals obsolete emergency-response card requirement, citing modern alarm technology
Summary
The Gig Harbor City Council voted unanimously to adopt Ordinance 15-43, repealing a 1988 municipal-code requirement that emergency response cards be filed for burglary and robbery alarm systems, citing advances in alarm technology and administrative burden on police.
The Gig Harbor City Council on May 12 voted unanimously to adopt Ordinance 15-43, repealing Gig Harbor Municipal Code section 9.16.030, which required emergency response cards for burglary and robbery alarm systems.
Police Lieutenant Trey Federici told the council the emergency response-card requirement was adopted in 1988 and has become obsolete because modern alarm systems use mobile apps, direct monitoring, and automated contact lists; the department no longer maintains the infrastructure to manage paper response cards.
“The emergency response card system has become archaic and obsolete,” Federici said, and removing the requirement will align the municipal code with current best practices and reduce administrative burden on both the public and the police department.
Council member Wouk moved to approve Ordinance 15-43 and Council member Storset seconded. The motion passed 7-0.
The repeal removes a longstanding paperwork requirement; staff said the department may proceed with a single-reading adoption of the ordinance and that the change is intended to reflect present-day alarm system technology rather than alter enforcement priorities.
