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Taneytown council adopts speed-monitoring ordinance after brief but pointed debate
Summary
Council adopted Ordinance 5-2025 authorizing a speed-monitoring system; one council member said the measure would be a 'money making proposition' while proponents cited speeding data and pedestrian safety in areas without sidewalks.
The Taneytown Mayor and City Council adopted Ordinance 5-2025, a speed-monitoring system measure, at the April 14 meeting after floor debate in which council members expressed sharply different views on the proposal’s purpose and impact.
A council member identified in the meeting record as opposing the ordinance said they had “been vocal about my opposition to this ordinance,” and called it “primarily a money making proposition rather than a safety proposition” that would be “a burden to the citizens of…
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