On Thursday, the property lease in Jackson Memorial Park to American Towers LLC has been given the green signal by Vienna officials for a novel cell phone tower.

According to the report, the agreement of lease is an indication that the city would from now on be able to put a new-fangled data collector. The same would read meters and a better signal would then be received for emergency services.

The property in the city is to be leased to the firm. It is being said that nearly $326,000 would be received by the city from the firm amid the lease agreement of 30 years.

Further, the report said that the equipment costs would not be comprised in the money to be collected by the city to assist in the technical improvements, or even roadway to the tower.

Mayor Randy Rapp said the new technology might bring an improvement in the emergency response times of the fire and police.

"It's a good position and should increase our reception considerably. This will take down the police communications tower (where the city water tanks are) and replace it with a taller tower", said Rapp. He added that streets in need of being added to an official list were still there.