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Council approves surveillance-technology agreements for NDOT, Waste and Water departments after privacy briefing
Summary
The Budget & Finance Committee approved four resolutions authorizing departments to use surveillance or telematics technology under cooperative purchasing agreements after staff described purposes and a Metro code definition requiring public hearings for surveillance tech.
The Budget and Finance Committee approved four resolutions authorizing Metro departments to use surveillance or telematics systems under statewide cooperative agreements, and committee members sought clarifying details about data capture, retention and public‑notice requirements under Metro code.
The council approved resolutions authorizing the Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure (NDOT) to deploy Samsara camera systems on salt trucks, the Department of Waste and Sewerage Services to use a Rubicon (now including Ralware) camera system and a Verizon Connect telematics platform, and Zonar Systems telematics for DOT inspections. All four motions passed on voice votes recorded as 10 in favor, 0 against.
Staff described the systems’ purpose…
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