At its meeting last week, Bloomington’s board of park commissioners approved what city staff called a stopgap contract with Marshall Security, extending the current arrangement covering Switchyard Park through January 2022.
The contract extension approved on Tuesday last week is for $7,161. The source of the money is the parks general fund, according to the board’s meeting information packet.
According to parks staff, the number of incidents occurring in Switchyard Park has decreased since the start of the private security patrols in summer 2021.
It was in June this year when the board approved a $60,588 contract for overnight security patrols by Marshall in Switchyard Park through the end of 2021. Continue reading “Private security checks in Bloomington park OK’d through January pending new, broader contract”