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Bladensburg approves stop‑sign camera ordinance, vendor contracts and updates rental and alarm rules
Summary
The council unanimously adopted Ordinance 13‑2025 authorizing stop‑sign monitoring cameras in school zones and approved contracts with Nova Global for the camera program, Hypotrow for janitorial services and MUN Collect for collections; the council also adopted ordinances updating alarm registration fees and rental/housing codes.
Bladensburg's council voted unanimously on May 12 to authorize stop‑sign monitoring systems in school zones, adopt updated rental and property maintenance codes and add an alarm registration fee.
Ordinance 13‑2025 authorizes stop‑sign monitoring cameras in school zones. Police Chief Carington described the technology as a "force multiplier" to improve pedestrian safety, citing near‑misses on right turns and the presence of seven schools in the town. "We have seven schools in in the town of Bladensburg with 6,500 students walking through the community," the Chief said when urging support for the cameras. The council then approved a contract with Nova Global to operate the stop‑sign camera program; staff said Nova Global was vetted and that Bladensburg is the firm's first municipal client in Maryland.
Council also adopted Ordinance 11‑2025 to add an alarm registration fee to the town's business license and permit fee schedule, and unanimously adopted Ordinance 12‑2025 to repeal and replace chapters covering property maintenance and housing standards with a new rental housing chapter that, according to Code Enforcement staff, grants authority to conduct apartment and single‑family inspections and to declare properties unfit when warranted.
Procurement actions approved at the meeting included a janitorial services contract awarded to Hypotrow Building Services LLC and authorization of MUN Collect to provide municipal collections services. Council members said vendors were interviewed and compared before selection.
All ordinance adoptions and contract awards were unanimous. Staff was directed to implement the code changes, finalize contract documents and proceed with technical steps to bring the camera program and collection services online.
