Seat Pleasant council approves RedSpeed as speed camera vendor

The Seat Pleasant City Council on Monday approved awarding the automated speed-enforcement contract to Redspeed USA after the city’s technical review committee recommended that vendor.

City staff presented the recommendation and said Redspeed met RFP qualifications and that the new technology should cut the number of rejected citations and lower the city’s per-lookup cost. "I believe the amount of rejections that we're currently receiving are in the thousands every month," the city manager said, and the proposed system would address many of those quality issues.

Councilwoman Kearney moved to approve the recommended vendor; Councilman Raynor seconded the motion. The council voted to approve the contract; the measure passed unanimously.

Staff told the council the implementation window is generally 60 to 90 days to set up the new vendor and that obligations to the current contractor require a notice period; revenue from outstanding citations issued under the current vendor will continue to be processed under the terms in effect when those citations were issued. Staff also said the recommended contract term is three years with later reevaluation.

Council members asked procedural questions about notice requirements when cameras are placed and whether stop‑sign automated enforcement is covered; staff said notice is required by state law for new camera locations and that the stop‑sign pilot is a separate program that would need its own resolution and further data collection.

No dollar amounts for the new contract were read into the record at the meeting.