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North St. Paul approves $152,000 city hall security access system

North St. Paul City Council · June 17, 2025
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Summary

The North St. Paul City Council voted unanimously to approve a recommended city hall access-control system covering roughly 40 priority doors, with on-premises server architecture, audit logs and fob/mobile credentials; staff said savings from other capital items will cover the cost.

The North St. Paul City Council on a voice vote approved a recommendation to replace failing door locks at city hall with a commercial access-control system, a project staff estimated at about $151,000–$152,000.

Fire Chief Jason Melinger, who led the vendor review and technical assessment, told the council the existing locks (some original to the 2004 building) could no longer be reliably reprogrammed and required staff to update individual locks manually. "We identified 40 doors within city hall that are a high priority to be updated," Melinger said, adding the new system would centralize administration, provide…

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