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Taneytown council directs staff to draft enabling ordinance for automated speed cameras after vendor briefing
Summary
After a vendor presentation and local speed studies, the Taneytown City Council voted 3–1 to ask staff and the city attorney to prepare enabling legislation for automated speed enforcement in town.
The Taneytown City Council directed staff to prepare enabling legislation for automated speed-enforcement cameras after a presentation by a private vendor and a short council debate.
Mike Phelan, director of strategic accounts for Ultimate (a speed- and red-light enforcement vendor), told the council the company operates in roughly 72 jurisdictions and that its program is “a 100% violator funded” service, meaning no up-front cost for equipment or installation to the municipality. He said his firm’s short speed study on the stretch of Travanian Road captured about 277 violations at the vendor’s reporting threshold of 12 mph over the posted 25 mph limit during sample days. “The base fine is $40 set by the state,” Phelan…
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