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Council approves $10,495 camera upgrade after reported chlorine tampering incident
Summary
Citing an emergency security situation involving an outsider tampering with town water chlorine levels, Trappe’s council approved Safehouse’s $10,495.94 camera upgrade using ARPA funds and requested follow-up quotes for a water-tower generator.
Trappe’s Town Council authorized the installation and upgrade of the municipal camera system by Safehouse at a cost of $10,495.94, citing an emergency security concern after an incident of chlorine tampering in the town’s water system. Commissioner Walter Chase moved to use ARPA funds for the Safehouse proposal, and Commissioner Jeremy Newnam seconded the motion; the Council approved it unanimously.
Minutes record that the camera purchase was prompted by "an emergency security situation prompted by a local Town’s issue with an outsider tampering with the chlorine levels in the Town’s water." The Council treated the camera upgrade as an immediate security investment and also declared replacement of the water-tower generator an emergency purchase because the existing unit required constant monitoring and staff presence.
