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Council postpones vote on hiring to support new red‑light camera program after attorney warns of contractual enforcement requirements
Summary
City Attorney Vince Jungless requested additional prosecutors and support staff to handle anticipated citation volume from the new red-light camera program; council voted to postpone any supplemental staffing appropriation until year‑end pre-audit numbers and vendor installation timing are clear, citing budget uncertainty and hiring market constraints.
City Attorney Vince Jungless told the council on Jan. 22 that the city’s new red-light camera program will substantially increase municipal prosecution workload and that the city's contract with the camera vendor contains operational expectations the city must meet to preserve the contractual revenue-sharing structure.
Jungless said Fort Collins’s experience shows a large increase in citation volume when cameras are active and recommended the city staff 2.5 full-time-equivalent prosecutors/support positions (one full-time…
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