Two decibel meters purchased by the Charleston Police Department last spring were tested this weekend, and the future of the $1,200 meters will be discussed Tuesday night at the Student Senate External Relations Committee meeting.

The meters have been tested before as an option for monitoring noise levels at parties in the city. However, concern has arisen within the committee that too many tickets would be issued if the meters were used to catch a violation of noise limit set in a future ordinance, said George Lesica, committee chair and senate City Council Liaison.

He said tickets for noise violations are now complaint-based, and even if an ordinance is not created, the meters can be used in other ways.

“If an ordinance were passed based on these meters, people would get a lot more tickets…it wouldn’t contribute to the general friendliness of the neighborhood,” he said.

He said the meters could also be used to issue warnings for noise levels or measure a history of complaints.

“We can still get a lot of valuable information out of them,” Lesica said.

The committee will also discuss complaints received by administration regarding the homecoming parade.

“There’s been some complaints about student behavior,” he said. “We’ll be talking about what the complaints were and what to do about them.”

He said the discussion will likely not change how the parade operates next year.

“I would imagine the rest of the students on the committee wouldn’t support limitations (on the parade) because it’s our parade, our time to have fun.”

The meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. in the Casey Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.