A. City Owner: The City is the owner of all equipment associated with the network. Subscribers to the network will be provided with a radio transceiver that replaces the traditional phone circuit for connection to the remote supervising station. The subscriber, through the quarterly monitoring fee, is leasing the radio transceiver from the City.
B. Installation, Maintenance: The installation, annual and necessary maintenance, testing and repair of the radio transceiver at the subscriber’s premises will be completed solely by a fire alarm company chosen by the City. The City will contract with a single vendor to provide this service. Subscribers to the network will be advised of the City’s vendor identity. Subscribers shall allow the City’s vendor access to the radio transceiver during normal business hours for all required or necessary installation, annual maintenance, testing and repair.
C. Costs, Fees: The City will install the necessary radio transceiver at the subscriber’s location at no cost to the subscriber, other than those indicated in sections 6-3-2 through 6-3-4 of this chapter, when a standard installation can be accomplished by the City’s vendor. The Wireless Alarm Board is responsible for determining the components that must be provided within a standard installation. When the City’s vendor cannot perform a standard installation, and an antenna other than the one provided on the radio must be used to permit network connectivity, the subscriber will be invoiced a nonstandard installation fee by the City in accordance with a fee schedule agreed to with the City’s vendor. Fees for nonstandard installations shall be paid to the City within thirty (30) days of installation.
D. Inspection, Testing, Maintenance: All fire alarm systems shall be subject to inspection, testing and maintenance. Inspection, testing and maintenance shall be documented. Documented annual test results shall be provided to the City as part of the annual registration renewal. While the City will repair and maintain its network equipment, including the radio transceiver at the subscriber’s location, it is the responsibility of owner of the fire alarm system within the premises to provide the required inspection, testing and maintenance at their own expense.
(1987 Code § 18-100)