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118 �, ; Dialer Alarm Prohibition � City Manager Fales referred to his report of January 7, 1977 regard- ing the proposed prohibition of dialer alarms and attaching report from the Chief of Police dated January 6 ' Discussion followed and Mr Fales and City Attorney Schricker com- mented and replied to questions concerning the undesirability of permitting dialer alarms to �am the City telephone system, the likelihood of malfunction of such alarms, whether or not inspections could be made by City staff to determine if such alarms are properly installed and operating and a fee charged for the service, the tm- poss�bility of determining in advance of receiving calls the number of devices which have been installed in the City, the desirability of citizens being able to call on police services when needed, the i�npossibility of determining from a dialer alarm recording the kind of emergency which may exist or whether or not the alarm is a false one, the intention of City staff to publicize that it is prohibited to preprogram dialer alarms to dial the Police Department, the fact that the subscriber to dialer alarm service and perhaps the vendor can be identified and prosecuted in the event prohibited calls are received, and the fact that the proposed ordinance merely prohibits preprogramming of the Police Department telephone number, but that any other number, such as that of a private security service, may be used. MOTION Title having been read, Councilman Bury introduced the following ordinance and moved, seconded by Councilman Biagi, its approval for first reading ORDINANCE ADDING SECTION 21 17 TO THE CODE OF THE CITY OF � REDWOOD CITY RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION OF AUTOMATIC CON- NECTIONS TO TELEPHONE TRUNKLINES OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY The ordinance was approved for first readin9 unanimously by roll call vote Approval of specifications, call for bids - four automobtles City Manager Fales referred to his report of January 7, 1977 re- garding the sub�ect automohiles and attaching a report from the City Controller dated January 3. MOTION Title having been read, Councilman Barrett introduced the following resolution and moved, seconded by Councilman Biagi, its adoption RESOLUTION N0. 7747 APPROVING SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE FURNISHING OF FOUR AUTOMOBILES, AND AUTHORIZING CITY CLERK TO CALL FOR BIDS THEREFOR The resolution was adopted unanimously by roll call vote ' -5- Reg Mtg. 1/10/77