Allen approves security and access-control upgrades for municipal facilities

Jan 13, 2026

Council approved a contract to improve physical security and remote access controls at city facilities, including the municipal service center and elevated water storage tanks, as part of a continuing multi-phase program to harden infrastructure.

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Ray Yarbrough of Community Services presented item 5.6, describing phase 2 of a city security project to improve physical security, access controls and remote monitoring at multiple facilities including the municipal service center and water towers. Yarbrough said the effort is a mix of new systems and reconfigurations of existing cameras to provide redundancy and remote monitoring.

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