The Houlton Town Council has agreed to remove controversial surveillance cameras in town and delete data from them as part of a settlement agreement with several residents who were preparing to file a lawsuit.

One resident, Mark Lipscombe, said the cameras have been in clear violation of Maine law, and the agreement brings the town into compliance.

Lipscombe said the agreement also requires a third party audit to ensure the town deletes some of the data and maintains some for public access requests.

"But it shouldn't be like this," he said. "We should be able to expect our town to operate within the parameters of the law, and anyone can make mistakes but, when it was identified, it should have been addressed immediately, and we wouldn't be where we are today."

Lipscombe said part of th

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