Logan Neill, Times Staff Writer
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
BROOKSVILLE — The on-again, off-again effort to use cameras to catch red-light running drivers on city streets is back on again.
Council members voted 3-2 on Monday night to enter into a contract with a vendor to install 20 cameras at an undetermined number of intersections that could net the city more than $1 million a year if projections are met.
According to City Manager Jennene Norman-Vacha, the company will begin installing the cameras in March and plans to have them operational sometime in May.
Under the terms of the contract, Miami-based Sensys America would split the proceeds with the city up to $4,500 per month per camera.
Under a new state law, violators now get a $158 ticket when cameras catch them running a red-light.
The host entity receives $75, and the state takes $85. Right turns on a red ...