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Woodbury County supervisors decline permit for Flock Safety cameras in easement areas
Summary
The Woodbury County Board of Supervisors voted down a motion to approve a permit allowing installation of Flock Safety license-plate–reading cameras in a county right of way where ownership is uncertain; the board split over whether easements or deeded county property allow placement.
Woodbury County supervisors voted April (date not specified) against approving a permit to install Flock Safety cameras along a county right of way after staff and supervisors raised legal and property‑ownership questions.
Laura (county staff) told the board, “Flock safety is a camera system that has been requested by Sergeant Bluff PD to put in the county right of way,” and explained the legal uncertainty: some locations are deeded to the county after acquisition by the Iowa Department of Transportation, while others sit in highway easements that the county does not own outright.
The proposal on the floor was approval…
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