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Morris Motel owners contest $850 fire-call bill after fatality response
Summary
Jamie and Joel Byer told the Morris City Council they were billed $850 after a June fatality response at their Morris Motel despite saying they did not need fire apparatus; the council agreed to review the incident report and audio and take the matter under consideration.
Jamie Byer, co-owner of the Morris Motel, told the Morris City Council that she and her husband, Joel, received an $850 bill after a June response to a smoke-alarm call that involved a fatality at their property. "We did not need fire," Jamie Byer said, describing the call and her 911 recording. She said deputies secured the room and Fire Chief Matt Solomos "arrived in his own personal vehicle" and checked adjacent rooms but that no fire trucks "rolled" to the scene.
Byer said she was later billed and disputed the charge with…
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