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Shenandoah council approves camera system for water and wastewater facilities after reports of targeted thefts

Shenandoah City Council · January 24, 2025
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Summary

After officials described repeated thefts of generator components at water sites, the council approved purchase of a Verkada camera system for water and wastewater facilities and authorized funding to proceed; the vote was 4–1.

Shenandoah’s City Council voted Jan. 23 to purchase a security‑camera system for the city’s water and wastewater facilities after staff described repeated, targeted thefts of generator components at several sites.

City staff and police described incidents in which thieves removed costly main fuses from on‑site generators; staff said those parts (quoted in the hearing as roughly a $7,000 part) were stolen on more than one occasion and that fences and gates were in place but sites lacked video or sensor systems. In presenting the proposal, staff invited a vendor and integrator to demonstrate a…

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