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Library board authorizes exterior cameras with cloud storage and facial-recognition features
Summary
The board approved a vendor quote and contract for two exterior camera systems with three-year licenses and 30-day cloud backup; the director said the package includes facial-recognition capability and that monitoring would be limited to library staff unless police request archived footage.
The library board authorized the director to sign a contract to install two exterior camera systems with cloud storage after a vendor presentation and board questions about placement, licensing and privacy.
A board member moved that the library "move forward on the security cameras for the library," specifying payment from gift-and-trust funds; the motion was seconded and carried by voice vote. The director said the front camera is a dual-head unit that will cover both sides of the front entrance and a rear dome camera will cover the back stairs, and the vendor estimated installation costs reflecting the age of the building.
The director told the board the quoted package includes a three-year license and a 30-day cloud backup and noted it "does include facial recognition," adding that the city's existing system had already recognized familiar staff members. Board members asked whether live feeds could be viewed at circulation desks, and the director said logins and app/website access could be provisioned for staff.
The director also said recordings can be archived and provided to law enforcement on request and that the vendor could perform maintenance under an hourly arrangement. She recommended keeping monitoring local to the library initially and using the library's gift-and-trust account to fund the purchase.
Next steps: the director will sign the contract and implement staff access arrangements for monitoring and archival procedures when needed.
