A proposal that would require landlords in Madison to install locks on common-entry entrances….could cost those property owners plenty of money….depending on what would be needed. That’s what Steve Beckmann from J&K Lock and Security told the city’s housing committee last night.Ã? He says the actual situation with the locking is not the huge deal it’s basically the electronics as the doorbells and the intercoms…andÃ? then it gets a little pricier for the landlords and he thinks that’s where the big issue is coming in.Ã? Ã? Beckmann addsÃ? it would cost on average…$500-dollars to make the security upgrades for a four-unit building. In addition Beckmann says a 60-day deadline for having the locks installed is impossible to meet and says it may take up to a year to have them in place at every building. The city’s housing committee is still considering the proposal.
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