By Joe BarkerRecord Staff WriterMarthasville Mayor David Lange broke a tie to prevent a video camera inside the city hall meeting room.During a discussion about cameras around town alderman Pamela Jensen requested a camera be returned and reinstalled to the meeting room to record meetings. Mike Kloeppel and Jensen voted in favor of the plan, but Nicholas Lange and Daniel Grafrath voted against the proposal.Mayor Lange was forced to break the tie and voted against the proposal. Lange said he was concerned about videotaping executive sessions. He said the city has already gotten in trouble in the past for video taping executive sessions and he doesn’t want to repeat the same mistake.City Hall has security cameras placed throughout the building on the inside and outside. Jensen’s proposal would have taken a security camera and installed it in the meeting room.“It should be up for security purposes and record keeping,” she said.She proposed a switch or a button that would allow the camera to be turned off inside the chambers.“I think this is the most important thing that happens in this building,” Jensen said. “This is a place where something could happen, and we certainly want to have evidence.”Jensen said the off switch would be something that the mayor or members of the board could access.“If we have the extra camera, we might as well use it, if we could a switch for executive session.” Kloeppel said.The biggest issue from the opposition was executive session. David Lange expressed a fear of what would happen if the cameras weren’t turned off and an executive session was recorded.“We don’t want to break state law,” Lange said.The mayor said he was concerned with who could access the off switch and how to determine if the camera was off.City of Marthasville