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Pottstown council approves lease to host county drone housing on Burrow Hall with indemnity requirement
Summary
The Committee of the Whole approved a motion directing staff to prepare and execute a standard lease allowing Montgomery County to place a drone "nest" on Burrow Hall, with the borough to require indemnification; the motion passed 4-2 in roll call.
Pottstown Borough Council’s Committee of the Whole voted Thursday to move forward with a lease that would allow Montgomery County’s drone housing — described in the meeting as a drone “nest” tied to the county’s sharpshooter program — to be installed on the roof of Burrow Hall, provided the final agreement includes indemnification protecting the borough.
The action directs borough staff to prepare and execute a standard lease agreement and to proceed “as soon as possible” even if some technical and privacy questions from councilors remain unanswered. Councilors voted 4 in favor and 2 opposed during a roll-call vote; the chair declared the motion carried.
Councilors, the borough solicitor and police staff debated whether the council should wait for detailed technical answers from the district attorney’s office and the drone…
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