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Resident tells council not to fund license-plate reader cameras, citing privacy and $60,000 annual cost
Summary
Leo Chesley, a lifelong White House resident and Chamber member, urged the council not to fund eight proposed license-plate reader cameras and asked for vendor, data-access and retention details; staff said it would provide information if the line item returns.
Leo Chesley, a lifelong White House resident and member of the White House Chamber of Commerce, used his public-comment time to oppose funding for a proposed network of license-plate reader (ALPR) cameras and raised privacy and cost concerns.
"I'm asking the city not to approve funding for the proposed license plate reader cameras," Chesley said, adding that the proposal would cost "approximately 60,000 a year." He asked who the vendor would be, whether the city had already negotiated a contract, who would have access to the data, how long records would be retained and whether data could be shared with outside agencies. Chesley cited an FBI ranking that White House is the sixth-safest city in the state and questioned the need for eight cameras.
In response, the presiding official told attendees that staff would provide the requested information if the line item returns for consideration. "If that line item ever comes up for consideration again, we'd be happy to provide all that information," the presiding official said during the hearing. The comment and staff response left the matter unresolved pending any future formal proposal or line-item presentation to council.
