Owensville Mayor Kevin McFadden broke two ties during the city’s Nov. 3 Board of Aldermen meeting relating to Ward 1 Alderman Dan Breeden’s request to re-vote on the proposed ordinance for false alarms.

His first tie-breaker was to approve allowing the topic to be re-voted on and the second was a “no” vote to the proposed ordinance.

If passed, the ordinance would have established a fee and penalty structure against businesses for reports of “false alarms” — a term defined as the activation of an alarm under certain circumstances that results in police being summoned when no incident occurred.

Breeden asked the board to reconsider voting on the proposal due to Ward 2 Alderman Matthew Kramme’s absence from the prior vote in October.

His request to re-vote on the topic received two “no” votes from Ward 1 Alderman and Board President Dr. Cathy Lahmeyer and Ward 2 Alderman Denise Bohl, two “yes” votes from Breeden and Kramme and the “yes” tie-breaker by McFadden.

“When I ran for this position, I said I would run for the police and this is what the police asked me to present,” Breeden said. “They don’t need to be here to present it for themselves — I’m an alderman for them.”

After being discussed several times in prior city meetings this year, the measure continued to receive resistance from some members of the board.

Lahmeyer and Bohl shared that local businesses had approached them with disfavor to the proposal for various reasons. McFadden shared with The Republican that he had received similar feedback.

A motion for the first reading of the ordinance that would have amended Article 2 of Chapter 605 of the Municipal Code was made by Bohl, a second by Breeden and a third by Kramme.

The measure failed with “no” votes by Lahmeyer and Bohl, “yes” votes by Breeden and Kramme and a tie-breaker vote of “no” by McFadden.