The new false alarm bylaw, discussed a week earlier at North Battleford's’ Planning Committee meeting at City Hall, was introduced at Monday’s council meeting.
The bylaw, designed to reduce police responses to false alarms in the city, received two readings but will wait until the next council meeting April 13 before third reading proceeds.
A number of fines are set out in the bylaw, with first false alarms receiving a warning, a second receiving a $200 fine, third receiving a $500 fine and fourth or more $750.
The main discussion was about the alarm registration fee of $30, with some concern expressed that the fee will be seen as a cash grab.
