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Jeff Sturgeon, 3092 West 231. An idea came to my mind being your Caucus Meeting when you
<br />guys were talking about repealing the alarms, something with that, but the idea with alarms. I
<br />recently sold some property in Willoughby, and one of the things that they have in Willoughby,
<br />you sell property, is they have a point -of -sale inspection, I believe they call it. And what that is
<br />is from a safety point of view, they want to be able to come into your home and make sure that
<br />you have working smoke alarms and CO detector needed. And that house or property, you
<br />cannot sell it unless you have that done, and it was $75 per property. From a safety point of
<br />view, I think it was a wonderful thing. Both times they come right out, it's about a five, 10-
<br />minute procedure. Both cases with me, they sent a fireman out. They have part of their agenda
<br />when they do homes and when they do condos. And I think from a safety point of view, if you
<br />look at our history, we've had some deaths in our city because of fire. And I think if anything
<br />that we can do to improve the safety of it, and I think if you look, we probably sell, I'm going to
<br />guess, 200 to 300 homes a year in the city, I'm guessing. I don't know how accurate that is. But
<br />if you can get 200 or 300 homes a year, that we know we have working CO detectors, we know
<br />we have working smoke alarms, that alone is going to make the city safer. I have... recently
<br />homes on my street on 231. A lot of the homes have been selling and they're going rental.
<br />Okay. Well, it sure would be nice to know that the house that might be next to me or down the
<br />street from me has working fire alarms and working CO detectors. So we don't have any kind of
<br />accident or anything like that. And I think if there's something for you to consider, either
<br />Administration or Council or something, I just think from a safety point of view, this would
<br />really help the city, and it came up with a fee of like $75, like what Willoughby does. I would
<br />highly recommend just look, go on their website and look at how they're doing it. And I'm sure
<br />they're not the only city that's doing it. I just wanted to bring that up, just something that's
<br />been in my mind to bring up, and then I heard the alarm thing tonight. And it's like, it's an alarm
<br />in my brain to tell you.
<br />I also would like to say that in 2020, working with Chuck, okay, was amazing. When I worked
<br />with him on the Charter Review, that was a time where we have never been for in the city
<br />because of COVID. We never done meetings online and stuff, and pretty sure that the Character
<br />Review Commission was the first online meeting. And Chuck made sure everything went
<br />smooth. He was in contact with everybody, and I don't know if it could have been done
<br />before... It could have been done without the guy, and whatever he's going to be doing next, I
<br />do wish him the best, too. Thank you.
<br />Councilman Limpert:
<br />Mr. President?
<br />Council President Brossard:
<br />Yeah, seeing no other comments from the audience, we're actually going to go a little bit out of
<br />order because we actually do have a report, and we also have a motion to make. So, my
<br />apologies that we went a little bit out of order. Councilman Limpert?
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