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Council debates how to address unpaid false-alarm fees; options include cutting monitoring or collections
Summary
The council heard that the town bills roughly $9,800 for false alarms but collected about $2,600; members discussed policy options including sending delinquent accounts to collections, cutting town monitoring for nonpayers, tightening renewal communications, and targeting properties with 4+ false alarms.
Council members spent substantial time on false-alarm billing and permit compliance after staff presented recent figures showing roughly 1,500 monitored alarms across the town and only about 571 paid renewal permits. Finance data in the staff report showed approximately $9,800 billed in false-alarm fees and roughly $2,600 actually collected.
Committee member (Speaker 7) pressed staff on collection…
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