INVERNESS, Fla. — New security cameras are set to be installed throughout the redeveloped Liberty Park in Inverness by June. 

Inverness city council members unanimously approved of the project in Tuesday night’s city council meeting with a price tag of $68,000. 

The redeveloped Liberty Park is the place to go when you want to get out and get some fresh air in Inverness. 

Inverness City Manager Eric Williams said, “The parks are part of a longer program of the city’s community redevelopment district that from design to build, it took a number of years.” 

He said part of the redevelopment plan was to always add security cameras throughout the park, especially with the height of the COVID-19 pandemic behind us. 

“Now that that’s been reopened and we’re starting to see the activity, we’ve kinda had a number of months under our belts, we’ve had a couple of unfortunate incidences. Nothing you wouldn’t have in any park this size but it has given us a platform to say hey, we need to put cameras in these locations,” Williams mentioned.

He said he hopes the 18 new security cameras could help curve the vandalism and unwanted activity they’ve already seen in these parks since it’s been completed a few months ago.

“I tell people,” Williams said, “You go in any store, any business, and pretty much any public building these days there’s an expectation that there’s a security camera in case something happens." 

The funds for the hefty bill will come straight from the city’s capital improvement budget and will cover the equipment for 10 years.

“Invest the city for 10 years of replacement, software upgrades, hardware upgrades, service, that is really quite honestly a good deal,” Williams 

The city already has similar cameras at their courthouse. 

Williams did not disclose where the cameras will be placed but residents will start seeing them around as early as June.