North Royalton, OH Flock Contract

Who approved this?

Approved 7-0 by North Royalton City Council on November 21, 2023.

North Royalton City Council adopted Ordinance 23-143 on November 21, 2023, amending Ordinance 22-190 and extending the city agreement with Flock Safety by an additional 60 months. Council first voted 7 to 0 to suspend the rule requiring three readings and referral to committee, then voted 7 to 0 to adopt, with Marnecheck, Nickell, Barath, Krejci, Dietrich, Webber and Wos all voting yes and no members voting no. The minutes give surnames only. Mr. Marnecheck moved and Ms. Barath seconded both motions. Exhibit A to the ordinance is a Flock Group Inc order form covering 10 Flock Safety Falcon license plate reader cameras at a total of 125,000 dollars, billed 25,000 dollars at contract signing and 25,000 dollars each year after on Net 30 terms. Data retention in the order form is 30 days. The order form grants access to privately owned Flock devices inside the jurisdiction, statewide and nationwide plate lookup, hot list alerts, and vehicle fingerprint search across surrounding jurisdictions. Neither the ordinance listing nor the order form names a funding source.