ORDER-2017-158 : Reauthorization of Police Department False Alarm Revolving Fund # 2665 for FY18

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▶ 4:03 Speaker 2: I'll second it. The next order. That's right, right? Tonight. Yeah, that's right, tonight. Mary Beth Carter, too. Mary Reader, I mean. Mr. Chairman, I'd move that we consider order 2017-153 next.

▶ 4:14 Peter D. Mortimer: President Kahn has made a motion to take the orders out of order, considering 0217-153 out of order. Is there a second, please? Second. All in favor of taking 2017-153 out of order, please say aye. Aye. opposed hearing none we will take the false alarm revolving account number two six six five out of

▶ 4:47 Speaker 2: order mr delarusso uh point of order chief chief lyle please uh alderman's worker what's your point

▶ 4:50 Peter D. Mortimer: of order please is it order one five three or one five eight uh one five three it's in uh number

▶ 5:08 Gail Infurna: four on in department hearing it looks like it's one five eight on one on something yeah on my

▶ 5:15 Peter D. Mortimer: computer the order is one five eight but the account is two six six five see this the order formerly known as one five sorry yeah very good we get the idea now we do it uh thank you very much for your point of order alderman Zwirko chief lyle please please proceed

▶ 5:34 Speaker 3: thank you uh this has been in place for for several years now it's been a very effective tool for the police department to reduce false alarms and 10 years ago the false alarms are somewhere around 2500 a year this year we're at 981 to date i think it's been a very very successful tool and a byproduct of that it supports the police department's fleet we pay for our service to dealerships when there's a surcharge or and or excuse me uh car washes we We use it to maintain the fleet through car washes, and minor things like wiper blades, things that we don't push off on DPW.

▶ 6:15 Peter D. Mortimer: Thank you very much.

▶ 6:20 Michael P. Zwirko: The next, is there any questions or comments? Just a quick question. All these work out, please. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Chief, could you just tell me how the funds actually make it to this account, exactly how it works?

▶ 6:31 Speaker 3: Generally, once a month, my assistant, she invoices for false alarms. that we do obviously have a sensitivity to the neighbors and different residents when we have a major storm and there's multiple alarms so we do not even bill we're very very accommodating to the community as far as that the bills go out once a month and then we receive payment and I also understand that

▶ 6:52 Michael P. Zwirko: there's a form that folks can thought if they're going on vacation in which they would also supply the alarm information in the event an alarm goes off form as

▶ 7:03 Speaker 3: as well as through our website as far as folks, we call them vacant houses, as well as if you're going away for a few weeks, the sector officer will go by your home, but the big thing about the alarm registration form is on a holiday week and the last thing your neighbors need is your alarm going off for three or four days.

▶ 7:20 Speaker 2: All right, well, thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Alderman Search. President Kahn, please. Any changes to this account, Chief, the cap or anything else?

▶ 7:27 Speaker 3: No, we're fine at ten.

▶ 7:28 Peter D. Mortimer: Motion to recommend this order. Mr. Chairman. Second. President Kahn has made a motion to recommend this order for passage, duly seconded by Alderman Zwirko. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed, hearing none, this will be recommended at our next full board meeting. Thank you very much, Chief.

▶ 7:45 Speaker 4: You're welcome.

▶ 7:55 Peter D. Mortimer: All right, the next order we have before us is our City of Melrose Operating Budget,