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Syracuse City Council reviews liability terms for Genoptic right-of-way equipment, including school speed cameras
Summary
Councilors discussed a longstanding revocable-permission item to allow Genoptic to place equipment in city rights-of-way and debated liability, insurance and repair-cost sharing tied to installing speed cameras at a local school; a committee meeting on data privacy and security with a Genoptic representative is scheduled.
Syracuse City Council discussed whether to approve a revocable permission that would let Genoptic place equipment in city rights-of-way and what liability terms would be required to install speed cameras near a local school.
The issue matters to the council because the installation would place private equipment in public rights-of-way and the city could face costs if equipment is damaged. Connor Muldoon, the city's chief operating officer, said the item “is about, insurance and liability for Genoptic to place their equipment within the right of way.” Muldoon added the discussion includes “damages in case any of our equipment would get damaged in the, in installation” and cost-sharing if the equipment were struck and required removal and replacement.
Muldoon told the council that some underground conduits at the referenced school are older and contain existing electrical equipment, a condition that raises the potential for complications during installation. He also said a committee meeting scheduled for Wednesday will include a Genoptic representative “and largely, the focus will be around data privacy and security.”
Councilor Gathers offered to move the item forward at the meeting, saying, “if you don't mind, I I could vote on this today if it's okay with everybody.” Other councilors replied that voting would be acceptable, but the transcript does not record a formal vote on the item. Muldoon said the revocable-permission matter has appeared on several agendas previously.
Ken Towsley, identified in the discussion as a city staff member, was described by Muldoon as having “cautioned us that he’d prefer for us to have this liability in place in order for us to commence with the installation of the speed cameras at the same school.”
Next steps recorded in the discussion: the council will cover the item in the upcoming committee meeting with Genoptic to address data privacy and security questions, and councilors indicated readiness to consider voting at the present meeting. The transcript contains no motion text, mover/second, or recorded vote on item 36.
