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Town to install municipal building cameras as union MOA negotiations continue
Summary
The town will install interior cameras in the municipal building after a prior board vote; exterior highway-garage cameras are planned as phase 2 pending completion of a negotiated MOA with the union, which has withdrawn prior acceptance and resumed talks.
The Chair updated the board that the town previously voted to accept a memorandum of agreement (MOA) presented by the union at a prior meeting, but said the union later pulled back and negotiations between the town attorney and the union's attorney are continuing.
The Chair said the town will proceed in two phases: first, interior cameras will be installed in the municipal building; second, exterior cameras at the highway garage will be added after the union and town finalize an MOA. "We've already voted 5 to 0 unanimously to approve the security system," the Chair said, noting the board's prior vote and describing phase 2 as contingent on the outcome of the negotiations.
Board members asked procedural questions about committee membership and who may communicate with the union; the Chair reiterated that only authorized negotiators should speak with union representatives.
