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Council committee approves Exec. Regulation 12-25 to raise alarm registration fees and tighten standards

Montgomery County Council Public Safety Committee · July 7, 2025
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Summary

The public safety committee approved Executive Regulation 12-25, which increases alarm registration fees (biannual user renewal from $10 to $20; commercial registration from $30 to $60), adds a 30-minute auto-silence requirement for audible alarms, and is projected to raise county revenue by about $260,000.

The Montgomery County Public Safety Committee on July 7 approved Executive Regulation 12-25, which updates alarm policies and raises registration fees, by acclamation.

Council staff summarized the regulation and fiscal impact: biannual alarm-user renewal would rise from $10 to $20 and commercial alarm-user registration from $30 to $60; the regulation adds a technical standard requiring audible alarms to…

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