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Daytona Beachside board weighs private security, police and barrier purchase as safety measures
Summary
Board heard staff quotes for private patrol options (golf cart $135,000/yr; vehicle $148,000/yr), discussed a dedicated police option (cost pending) and reviewed police requests to buy three deployable vehicle-barrier trailers (total $300,000) with $80,000 allocated from the Main Street CRA.
At its Nov. 12 meeting, the Beachside Redevelopment Board reviewed security options for the city’s beachside corridor and heard staff estimates for private patrols while the police department asked for funding help to buy deployable vehicle barriers.
Angela Armstrong, project manager for Main Street and the South Atlantic Community Redevelopment Area, told the board First Coast Security provided two vendor quotes: a golf-cart patrol priced at $135,000 annually (Monday–Saturday, 16 hours per day) and a vehicle-based patrol at $148,000 annually. “If we decide to go with a golf cart,…
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