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Council advances ordinance to collect unpaid false‑alarm fees by placing them on tax duplicate
Summary
Council introduced Ordinance 2025‑30 to allow the village to collect unpaid false‑alarm fees (proposed $50 per alarm after the third), citing businesses with 25 and 40 alarms in a year; staff will refine cost‑based fee calculations and council discussed a suspension so the rule could take effect Jan. 1.
The Orange Village Police Department asked the council to add a codified procedure allowing unpaid false‑alarm fees to be placed on the tax duplicate, a step staff said is authorized under state law for townships and would avoid expensive small‑claims litigation.
Chief Genova said most alarm users are cooperative but the village has encountered chronic…
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