by Kristina Gabalski
Recent vandalism has led village board members in Spencerport to decide to install six security cameras and recording equipment around the commercial district.
Spencerport Mayor Joyce Lobene says there have been problems with offensive graffiti – the Firemen’s Exempt Club and the old convent at St. John’s being hit the week of September 10.
Lobene says the village removes the graffiti as soon as it is discovered. “Most of the village board hates to spend the money,” she says, but adds that the cameras will pay for themselves in the money the village will save on the cost of repairing and cleaning up damage done by vandals.
Lobene says she hopes business owners in the commercial district will install their own cameras for an additional deterrent.
The village will install cameras at the gazebo, the Depot and Canal Museum and the pavilion across the canal, the mayor says. Sealed bids from vendors for materials and labor to install the six security cameras and associated recording equipment will be open September 25.
Brockport Village Board members also recently agreed to purchase security cameras and motion-sensor flood lights for the Welcome Center along the canal because of vandalism there.
It’s a growing problem for many small villages in the area, Mayor Lobene says, “ … it’s going on all over.”
