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Trustees hear details on planned municipal surveillance cameras; staff says units will be on parking lots, parks and village entrances
Summary
During approval of claims trustees asked where 12 new surveillance cameras would be placed; staff said cameras will be on municipal parking lots, parks, entrances/exits and on telephone poles, viewable from the police station and backed up by Albany County servers.
A trustee asked for details about a line item for 12 surveillance cameras during the claims discussion. "Where are those locations?" the trustee asked. The staff member replied they would be "Basically everywhere," clarifying they would be placed in municipal parking lots, parks and at the village’s entrances and exits and that units would be mounted on telephone poles.
Staff said the cameras are funded by an extra allocation from a technology grant and that live feeds can be viewed at the police station; the server is backed up by Albany County so footage can be retrieved from county backups if needed. Trustees discussed that the new units would supplement existing plate readers and that installation expands coverage beyond currently monitored sites. A motion to pay the bills (including the camera expense) carried by voice vote.
