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Council seeks details after MeetNKY contract with Flock not renewed
Summary
A council member asked why MeetNKY's two‑year contract with Flock (license‑plate‑reader cameras) was not renewed; City Administrator Mark Collier said MeetNKY had paid for a two‑year contract for four cameras and the city chose not to pick up the contract this year, and staff will circulate further information including arrest metrics and police recommendations.
A council member raised a series of questions about the city's access to Flock license‑plate‑reader cameras after learning that the MeetNKY contract had not been renewed. The council member asked for specifics including contract length, whether the police chief recommended continuing access, how many arrests resulted from Flock data, and whether the city attorney was involved in the decision.
City Administrator Mark Collier said MeetNKY had paid for a two‑year contract covering four targeted cameras in high‑traffic locations near Donaldson and Holly Lane. Collier said the system was deliberately not included in this year's city budget and that the city chose not to adopt the contract cost for 2026: "We would have as a city had to have picked it up for this year, and we chose not to do that." He offered to gather the outstanding answers and circulate them to council.
