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2025-808 • ResolutionsCity of Abilene (Taylor County)
Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Take Action on the Approval to Acquire, Install and Implement Verkada Access Control and Surveillance Cameras in the Police Department Facility from Sigma Surveillance Inc. DBA STS360 (Troy Swanson)
Presented in: City of Abilene City Council - July 24, 2025 on 2025-07-24
Official Roll-Call Vote
Expands Gov't • 8.0/10 Impact Weight
PASSED (7 - 0)
“Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Take Action on the Approval to Acquire, Install and Implement Verkada Access Control and Surveillance Cameras in the Police Department Facility from Sigma Surveillance Inc. DBA STS360 (Troy Swanson)”
WH
Weldon Hurt
Mayor (At-Large)
YES
SP
Shane Price
Councilmember, Place 1 (Place 1)
YES
LB
Lynn Beard
Councilmember, Place 2 (Place 2)
YES
BR
Blaise Regan
Councilmember, Place 3 (Place 3)
YES
BL
Benjamin L. Bailey
Councilmember, Place 4 (Place 4)
YES
ME
Miguel Espinoza
Councilmember, Place 5 (Place 5)
YES
TC
Travis Craver
Councilmember, Place 6 (Place 6)
YES
Staff Report & Agenda Item Details
Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Take Action on the Approval to Acquire, Install and Implement Verkada Access Control and Surveillance Cameras in the Police Department Facility from Sigma Surveillance Inc. DBA STS360 (Troy Swanson)
Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis
This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 8.0/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, measures that increase tax rates or fee schedules, issue new debt or Certificates of Obligation, expand regulatory/zoning restrictions on private land use, or authorize unbudgeted spending expansions reduce an official's Freedom Score when voted YES (and reward dissenting NO votes).