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Urbana city attorney outlines changes and limits in draft surveillance ordinance; council questions remote access and oversight
Summary
City Attorney Matt Rashley presented a discussion draft of a surveillance-technology ordinance that would require council review for backend remote access to private cameras, bar NDAs that frustrate FOIA disclosures, define oversight roles for CPRB/HRC, and defer some data-retention details for later.
City Attorney Matt Rashley led an extended briefing and council discussion of a draft surveillance-technology ordinance during the Committee of the Whole on March 16, outlining procedural and substantive changes staff proposes and fielding questions from council members.
Rashley described a two-track reconsideration mechanism that would allow councilors to reopen previously approved surveillance-authorizations after 12 months by majority vote or earlier if there is a demonstrable material change (for example: evidence of discriminatory impact, a change in law, or the revelation of a previously unknown capability). For those “material change” reopeners, the draft recommends a higher threshold to reopen—two-thirds of the corporate authority—so that the standard aligns more closely with budget-amendment procedures.
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