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Photo-enforcement revenue reclassified to general fund lifts fines and forfeits
Summary
City staff said reclassifying traffic enforcement camera receipts into the general fund and a vendor change increased fines and forfeits revenue and altered local government fund distributions.
Finance staff explained that starting in April 2025 the city began booking traffic-enforcement camera revenue in the general fund, which changed the year-over-year presentation of fines and forfeits and the local government fund allocation.
"Fines and forfeits category is also up by 52%. This category, as you may recall, we started booking the traffic enforcement camera revenue in general funds starting in April 2025," Abby said. Jeanette added that a vendor change in 2025 led to more frequent collections and that additional camera installations in 2024–25 also boosted receipts.
Staff said the local government fund was also impacted by a multi-year reduction tied to photo-enforcement revenue; the prior obligation was met in mid-2025 and that settlement produced a partial restoration of distributions in 2026. The presenters noted these timing and classification changes create comparability issues for year-over-year tables and will be monitored.
