Tampa, FL Flock Contract

Who approved this?

Approved on the consent agenda, without discussion, by Tampa City Council on September 4, 2025.

Tampa City Council took up File PS25-16892 on September 4, 2025, a resolution approving an order form between the city and Flock Group Inc for automated license plate reader hardware, software products and services in the amount of 43,450 dollars. The published agenda lists it as item 5 and authorizes the mayor to sign the order form. The meeting record shows items 5 and 6 were moved together and approved 6 to 0, with no member recorded individually. Council member Lynn Hurtak told the meeting that the department may share plate data with outside agencies only on open cases. The agenda states the purchase replaces plate readers being taken out of service and rests on a master services agreement the council authorized in December 2023. The agenda prints no camera count, no term length, no renewal term and no retention period. FDOT Engineering and Operations Memorandum 26-01, signed by chief operating officer and assistant secretary Will Watts on August 31, 2026, revoked general use permits for automated license plate readers on the State Highway System and set a September 30, 2026 removal deadline. WUSF reported on September 2, 2026 that 17 Tampa cameras sit on the State Highway System and that the city will take those down while keeping its readers on city streets, so the status here stays Active. The 43,450 dollars shown is the order form total printed on the agenda.