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Caroline Board approves cellular dialer for town-hall fire alarms, cites $3,034 in annual savings
Summary
The Caroline Town Board authorized a $1,713.43 contract with Pleasant Valley Electric to install a cellular dialing system for town-hall fire alarms, replacing Frontier lines and reducing annual monitoring costs from $4,214 to about $1,180; the motion passed unanimously.
The Caroline Town Board voted to authorize a contract with Pleasant Valley Electric to install a cellular dialing system for the town-hall fire alarm at a first-year cost of $1,713.43. Supervisor Mark Witmer moved the resolution and Councilmember Kate Kelley-Mackenzie seconded; the motion carried unanimously (Aye: Witmer, Murray, Kelley-Mackenzie, Brown, Bates).
Board documents compared existing costs for two Frontier telephone lines and standard monitoring and inspection — Frontier lines: $3,394; monitoring and inspection: $820; total $4,214 annually — with the proposed cellular monitoring cost of $1,180 per year, an estimated annual savings of $3,034. The resolution text lists Pleasant Valley’s installation and first-year monitoring proposal as $1,713.43 and authorizes the Supervisor to sign the contract.
