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Vice Chairman Wheeler wished to know how much an annual inspection would cost and who would perform it. Chief Allen believed that once someone spends the money to put the system in, the inspection is a very small cost factor. Discussion continued at length in regard to the cost of annual inspection, and Chief Allen pointed out that we are getting more and more systems out there, and if we don't have some way to see they are maintained, our problem with false alarms will continue to increase. Commissioner Bird felt the ordinance should target in on punishing the people who have the defective systems rather than punishing all the people who do have good working systems by making them go through an annual inspection and pay a fee. Vice Chairman Wheeler agreed that the people who are causing the problem should pay, not the people who are taking care of their systems. Chief Allen noted that there could be a provision setting an amount you have to pay if you have over three false alarms within a certain period of time, and Attorney Vitunac suggested that we could redraft the ordinance to say that on the occurrence of any false alarms, they would have to have their system inspected by the people in Sec. 633 of Fla. Statutes. OMB Director Baird informed the Board that he is contacting a county that has addressed false alarms in order to get more information on this problem. He felt if the Board addresses this particular area, they should address it across the board and took at all the user fees affiliated with fire protection. Commissioner Eggert asked if we could table this matter until we get more information, including information on the cost of inspecting an average system. Chief Allen stressed that if we do that, we still need to keep in place the requirements for built-in sprinkler systems and other fire suppression systems, and it was pointed out that was covered under state and federal law. 22 OCT 41988 tloor 74 F!,,.E 419