The Sedalia City Council approved amended language and a revised fee schedule for false alarm calls during its meeting on Tuesday.
Under the new ordinance, false alarms triggered by security systems on private property to which the police or fire departments respond will see no charge for the first three such alarms in a calendar year.
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