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Lake Forest Park examines lower-than-expected traffic-camera revenue, staffing and spending plans
Summary
City staff told the Budget & Finance Committee that traffic-camera revenue has trended below the level used in the two-year budget, prompting discussion about staffing, how to allocate camera receipts and whether to adjust revenue expectations at mid‑biennium review.
Lake Forest Park city staff told the Budget & Finance Committee on June 26 that revenue from the city’s traffic‑safety camera program has so far trended below the $8 million two‑year figure the council adopted, prompting questions about staffing and how camera receipts should be used.
The committee heard staff present a month‑by‑month revenue breakdown for the newly created Traffic Safety Fund (Fund 002) and a summary of expenditures that staff has tentatively associated with the fund, including court and police time, a vendor fee for cameras, professional services, traffic calming transfers and two police vehicles identified as potential obligations.
Committee members pressed staff for explanations of the lower revenue numbers and how obligations would be reflected across funds; staff described a mix of causes and stressed…
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