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Jamestown council approves bond payments, leases, and grant-funded carbon monoxide detector program; OKs downtown security cameras
Summary
At a work session the council approved multiple finance and safety resolutions including payments on existing bonds, a five-year lease with Bridal Assistance of Western New York, purchase agreements tied to a carbon monoxide detector grant, and an agreement to install downtown security cameras monitored by the police command center.
The Jamestown City Council at its work session approved a bundle of finance and safety resolutions, including debt-service payments, a five-year lease for downtown tenancy, grant-funded purchases for a new carbon monoxide detector program and an agreement to add security cameras downtown.
Finance staff presented six resolutions the council approved. Those included scheduled payments on existing public improvement and equipment bonds, a five-year lease with Bridal Assistance of Western New York for first-floor space at 150 East Third Street, and three purchase agreements tied to a grant to supply and install combination smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. The council approved a purchase of community-outreach furniture ($469.11), tools and installation equipment ($1,020.97), and a bulk purchase of 1,000 combination detectors (reported amounts varied in discussion; see clarifying details).
Separately, the council approved a safety resolution authorizing the mayor to enter an agreement with the Jamestown Renaissance Corporation to install security cameras at Terrace Park and Winter Garden Plaza. The cameras will be wired into the Jamestown Police Department command center for 24-hour monitoring, subject to corporation-counsel approval and funding arrangements through the Jamestown Renaissance Corporation.
Safety staff said the detector program stems from a newly awarded federal consumer-safety grant and that Fire Prevention Bureau staff will lead installations, with the city targeting lower- and moderate-income homeowners, veterans and people with disabilities. The council also reviewed informational items including a tow-rate-card request for Maggie Motors and a street-light request from Council Member Paterniti for Norton Avenue.
The measures were recorded as passed in the work session; vote tallies were not specified in the session summary.
