INSTALLATION of closed circuit television cameras in central Albury has been tentatively set for September next year.
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Albury Council received a $450,000 federal government grant late last week for 52 security cameras on Dean Street.
Council director James Jenkins said on Monday night an agreement between council and the federal government would be struck in coming weeks which would include timelines for installation.
He was responding to a question from Cr Darren Cameron about the next step for CCTV cameras in the city.
“I think we are all happy to get federal funding at any stage,” he said.
Meanwhile, acting mayor David Thurley pulled back on plans to begin the meeting with an alternative prayer and acknowledgment of country as flagged at the weekend.
He conceded he had encountered some “push back” from other councillors and ditched the idea after consulting with Albury religious leaders including St Matthew's Archdeacon Peter MacLeod-Miller on the prayer and Wiradjuri elder Nancy Rooke about the acknowledgment of country.
“There is no point getting people off-side,” Cr Thurley said.
“If I want to achieve this, I might have to go a bit more slowly than I thought.”
He was acting mayor in the absence of Cr Henk van de Ven and strongly opposes the line in the prayer: “Protect us from all that is evil”.
“It is so archaic,” he said.
“I want something a little more open and relaxed.
“Change is not always good, but neither is change bad.
“I think we can modernise a little bit on this one.”
Proposed changes were further discussed in a secret council briefing.
