Council considers repeal of Maitland’s traffic‑light safety camera ordinance (Ordinance 1440)

City staff recommended that the City Council adopt Ordinance 1440 on second reading to repeal the chapter of the city code that established Maitland’s Traffic Light Safety Act and its automated enforcement cameras.

Mark (city staff) told the council that the program, adopted in 2010, initially used cameras to monitor several approaches at intersections and was intended to reduce red‑light and right‑turn‑on‑red violations. He said the scope of monitored approaches has shrunk because of the I‑4 Ultimate Project and that the city has experienced vendor problems that will require a new bid process. Staff presented recent crash statistics and noted there had been “no negligible reductions in accidents” and, at one monitored intersection, an increase in collisions.

Mark summarized the staff position: "the program is not to make money. It's pressure neutral. We, moved away from the program. It will free up, 1 of our community service officer positions, that reviews those infractions, to be on the road and do, some more facilities, like, work." He recommended adoption of the ordinance on second reading.

A council member said there were no additional questions from the public and then moved to adopt Ordinance 1440 on second reading to repeal Chapter 18, Article 2, Division 4 (Traffic Light Safety Act). The transcript records the motion but does not include a roll‑call vote or final tally.

The city staff packet that accompanied the item (referenced in the staff report) included intersection‑by‑intersection enforcement and crash statistics; staff also noted that new state legislative requirements would make continuing the current automated enforcement program more challenging and that a new procurement would be necessary to continue camera operation.

No formal vote result is recorded in the transcript excerpt provided. The item moved on in the council agenda after the motion was made.