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Edgewood leaders review updated school-zone camera ordinance, clarify process and fines
Summary
City staff presented a cleaned-up school-zone camera ordinance aligning written language with camera settings, explained civil infraction procedures and how camera revenues are tracked; item will appear at the next regular council meeting for formal action.
City staff and council members discussed an updated school-zone camera ordinance during the Edgewood City Council study session on Jan. 7, 2025, including how the cameras trigger, how fines and due-process work in Washington and how camera revenue is tracked in the budget.
The council heard the presentation from Rachel Pitzel, who said the update chiefly aligns ordinance language with the cameras’ real-world trigger (4 miles per hour over the posted limit) and cleans up other wording. Pitzel pointed council members to a new page in the 2025 budget book (page 43) that details school-zone camera revenues and expenditures.
Why it matters: the ordinance governs automated enforcement in school zones, the civil process for contesting those infractions and how the city accounts for proceeds that support public-safety spending.
Pitzel said the cameras are…
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