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City Council Meeting Monday, November 22, 2010 Page 8 were being achieved. Councilmember Johnson opined that the fees should sup- port the costs of the service provided by the Police Department, above and beyond standard public safety services. Councilmember Ihlan expressed concerns, similar to those she raised at the last meeting, related to the potential impact to residents versus business; and her con- cern that the fees may provide disincentives to have an alarm system, creating ad- ditional safety issues for residents; as well as the danger in the proposed fees creating a burden on people, and causing the City to lose sight of what was trying to be accomplished, and moving from seeking some compensation to an onerous amount of compensation by creating an undue burden. Councilmember Ihlan ex- pressed her need for additional information: what the problem was that the pro- posed ordinance and fees were supposed to solve; and which people were going to be penalized. Without a differential between residents and businesses, Council- member Ihlan opined that the proposed ordinance was not a good policy change to make. Councilmember Roe reminded Councilmembers that the ordinance was the only action being considered at this time, not the fee schedule. Mayor Klausing concurred, and clarified that the requested action was to make a change in City Ordinance to establish false alarm fees for residents and/or busi- nesses in the community having multiple false alarm calls in a calendar year. Roe moved, Johnson seconded, enactment of Ordinance No. 1399 entitled, "An Ordinance Amending Title Five, False Alarms Security and Alarm Systems, Section 506.03 User Fees;" to establish false alarm fees as set forth by the City Fee Schedule in City Code, Section 314.05." Roll Call Ayes: Johnson; Roe; and Klausing. Nays: Ihlan. Motion carried. b. Consider Enacting an Ordinance establishing the 2011 Fee Schedule Finance Director Miller summarized the Request for Council Action (RCA) dated November 22, 2010; highlighting staff's recommended adjustments to existing fees, based on the detailed analysis by staff from various departments. As previously announced, Councilmember Johnson briefly left the meeting at approximately 7:25 p.m. for another commitment. City Attorney Bartholdi addressed Councilmembers, noting that any vote on an Ordinance required a City Council majority vote.