Alarm console license., Chapter 4. General Licensing, Revised General Ordinances, Code of Ordinances, Ramsey

There is hereby established a Police alarm console license which shall be granted upon recommendation of the Chief of Police, as set forth in Subsection 4-5.5. Any such licensee shall have exclusive use and control of the alarm console, except for use by the Police Department of the Borough, and such licensee will be responsible at no cost to the Borough for the establishment, construction and installation of the console containing equipment and being of a design approved by the Police Chief and for the care, maintenance and management thereafter of the console; the licensee shall locate the console and relocate the console if necessary under the supervision of the Chief of Police at no cost to the Borough. For any such license granted hereunder, the licensee will assume all liability and agree to indemnify and save harmless the Borough of Ramsey, its agents and the Ramsey Police Department, for any acts in conjunction with the operation of the police alarm console and in conjunction therewith he shall furnish annually to the Borough Clerk a noncancellable insurance certificate indicating complete liability coverage in an amount no less than $300,000 for each person, $500,000 for each accident, and $1,000,000 property damage for each accident.

Any connection to the police alarm console shall be of a type inspected and approved by the Chief of Police or his designated representative, and any person aggrieved by his decision may appeal said decision in writing within 10 days to the Borough Council.

All alarms existing as of the date of the adoption of this section (except dial alarms) shall be connected hereunder to the alarm console by the licensee, and no connection cost for such transfer shall be permitted.

The licensee for the police alarm console shall be permitted to charge subscribers a maximum installation fee not exceeding $60 and a maximum monthly retainer or maintenance fee not to exceed $10. Any increase in this fee, due to cost of living, may be approved by the Borough Council by resolution, after being requested by the Chief of Police. No fee shall be charged to the Borough of Ramsey or the Board of Education of the Borough for monthly charges or console connection charges for any existing or future systems in public buildings; and any equipment or alarm devices installed by the alarm console licensee in such public buildings shall be at wholesale cost with no maintenance charge for alarm connected from the Borough offices.

The licensee shall install initially an annunciator or display console, having no less than 900 zones available for present systems and future connections which console shall be approved by the Underwriters' Laboratories. The licensee should be U.L. listed.

Except as provided in Subsection 4-2.1, any license issued hereunder shall be for a term of five years from date of approval by the Borough Council, such licensee shall post with the Borough Clerk a performance bond in the amount of $10,000, noncancellable without notification to the Borough Council, guaranteeing performance for five years of the obligation of the licensee and insuring maintenance of the console and alarm system during the period when such license is in force.