Members of the Business Community,
Last week, we notified our Salisbury customers of the newly passed city ordinance (2233) that significantly increased the fees for false alarms. Since then, I was also made aware of another ordinance (2230), that was also passed this month, that places an ADDITIONAL $500-$1000 FINE, on top of the newly increased $246 fee.
After several meetings and exchanges with the city administration and council, I have received confirmation that they will reconsider both of these ordinances at a future work session. I thank our city officials for agreeing to this, but also urge the public to make your opinion known to them, as technically, these new ordinances are in effect unless and until new legislation is passed.
To make sure this issue stays on the radar, please email or call them at:
Mayor Jim Ireton: 410-548-3100, jireton@ci.salisbury.md.us
Council Vice President Debbie Campbell: 410-860-0893, debbiescampbell@comcast.net
Council President Terry Cohen: 410-845-0296, terryecohen@gmail.com
Councilwoman Laura Mitchell: 410-422-2694, Laura@lauramitchell.org
Councilwoman Shanie Shields: 443-523-0084, sshields820@aol.com
Councilman Tim Spies: 410-219-5209, tspies@cavtel.net
Regards,
Ron Boltz
President & CEO
Alarm Engineering
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Ireton is sounding more and more like communist Obama!
ReplyDeleteMr Boltz
ReplyDeleteYou must be a reader of Salisbury news as you have taken time to address the issue.
As a reader you certainly must be aware of how often the readers trash the fire companies for wasting tax payer's money having equipment out for no reason.
Read the police reports for false alarms which are listed . As a taxpayer I am for generous fines for repeat offenders.
What can your company do to help alleviate this problem? What can the business owner do?
A business should be charged for manpower and wear on equipment plus gasoline and miscellaneous expenses when their alarm goes off repeatedly as these trips cost taxpayers.
These fines SHOULD be increased! The alarm business is the biggest scam in history. Think about it, the alarm company collects big money to install a system in a person's home. This includes labor, equipment and other miscellaneous charges. Once installed, they collect monthly monitoring fees while paying someone minimum wage to sit at a control panel and, when the alarm goes off and alerts, the person at the panel pushes speed dial and calls the police. The police respond and do all the work for free. The alarm company has no other associated costs. They collect all the money and the police do the work. In fact, if you think about it, the citizen pays TWICE! They pay taxes that ensures the police respond and they pay monthly monitoring fees to ensure the police are called if the alarm goes off. On top of it all, if the alarm is a false alarm, the CUSTOMER gets the fine, not the alarm company! Pretty good deal if you ask me!
ReplyDeleteWhile I see what the above commenters are saying but I know from where I am from even after the FD is alerted that it is a false alarm due to either a malfunction or an accident they still respond then turn around and leave. I've heard that in some areas these "silent alarms" aren't responded to anymore because if it is indeed a real fire the 911 calls come in like crazy.
ReplyDeleteWe have had ADT alarm for 7 months now, with zero false alarms. They seem to be a good company, but they will try like hell to upsale you at installation,
ReplyDeleteFrom: Professional Home Burglars Union
ReplyDeleteThese proposals will create jobs and create more opportunities for our members. Homeowners will save money too because the Salisbury government would steal more from you in fines than our Professional burglars take. Turn off you alarms. For that matter, put a sign out that says NOT PROTECTED. Thank you for your time.
Move to the county.
ReplyDeleteThe False Alarm Ordinance in the City of Salisbury is designed to reduce false alarms by implementing fines. The PD and FD response cost tax dollars and the main culprit is faulty alarm systems which were installed by companies such as alarm engineering. The property owner is responsible for paying for these alarms when in reality the problem is again a result of alarm companies such as Alarm Engineering. Ron Boltz is smart enough to think out of the box and realize eventually the alarm companies will be made to pay the fines. In turn he is using the customers with scare tactics to prevent this from happening. I urge the City Council to introduce legislation charging fines to the alarm companies when the nuisance alarm is their fault and not the unsuspecting customer.
ReplyDeleteAll sounds well and good 11:04 except people are tired of government nickel and diming businesses to death which ultimately results in higher prices for consumers.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure if the FD were looking for ways to reduce costs they could fine it because wasteful spending is epidemic within the organization-EPIDEMIC! Useless fireboat ring a bell?
Get out of your money grows on trees mentality and work with the alarm companies and work within the dept to cut costs but stop your sucking off of tax payers and consumers. It's getting old!
You know what is sucking off taxpayers? People with alarma that are improperly installed or people that don't know how to set them. I don't want my money to pay for the cops and fire dept. to check on a house because some stupid person didn't read the owners manual.
DeleteDear Mr. Bolz,
ReplyDeleteI have had an alarm system for 30 years.
My son has never had one.
Neither of us appreciate having to pay additional taxes so your customers can suck our police time dry.
Thank you.
Alarm Engineering does my building. They regularly test the system and we don't have false alarms. Occasionally an employee goofs. That's not his fault. And once, we had a break-in that was reported as a false alarm. The cop inspected the outside of the building, and never noticed the shattered window. Wrote us up for a fine. The alarm system did its job just fine. It was the city that failed.
ReplyDeleteHey 5:03
ReplyDeleteYeah...and...this one time at band camp.....
Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while!!!
5:03
ReplyDeleteCool story bro...now get me a sandwich