Cleveland City Council voted 9-6 on July 15, 2026 to keep the city’s roughly 100 Flock cameras for another 6 months, at a cost of $125,000 (Ideastream, July 15, 2026; Signal Cleveland, July 16, 2026). The full record is on Cleveland’s tracker page.
The path to the vote
The extension was not a sure thing. Council’s safety committee rejected it on June 18, then reversed course on July 8 and sent a shorter, amended version to the full council (Signal Cleveland, June 18, 2026; Cleveland 19, July 8, 2026). The original proposal ran a full year; the version that passed runs 6 months.
What the ordinance changes
The legislation limits access to Cleveland’s Flock data to Cleveland, bars the company from sharing it with governments or other third parties, and cuts off the Northeast Ohio Regional Fusion Center. Police must publish a transparency portal and report to council quarterly. The city also plans to solicit bids from other license plate reader vendors during the extension (Signal Cleveland, July 16, 2026).
The split
Ideastream reports the 9-6 vote split largely between East Side members in favor and West Side members against, and names the 6 no votes: Hudson, Shah, Santana, Harsh, Howse-Jones, and Davis (Ideastream, July 15, 2026). All 6 now appear by name on the record.
The clock restarts
What the record shows now
The named roll call is on the record. All 15 votes are listed, 9 yes and 6 no, with the 6 no votes recorded as Hudson, Shah, Santana, Harsh, Howse-Jones, and Davis. On August 5, 2026 that block was the largest set of recorded no votes on this site: 6 of the 35 no votes across the 14 records that then carried a roll call. Every name also appears on the officials page.
The record now carries a contract end date of December 29, 2026 and a status of Renewal upcoming. That makes Cleveland the nearest large-city decision on the calendar after the ones already scheduled for August.
The conditions attached to the renewal
Cleveland’s ordinance is one of several 2026 renewals that bought time and attached terms rather than approving another full year outright.
Berkeley, CA renewed 5 to 4 on May 7, 2026 for up to 12 months, capped spending at $200,000, and required an efficacy and compliance review before the term ends. It rejected a $2 million expansion 8 to 1 at the same meeting. Warren, MI renewed 4 to 3 on July 14, 2026 for a second 2-year term at $132,000, and Councilman Jonathan Lafferty said the council would review the access logs during it. Denver, CO took the opposite route after its council rejected a 2-year, $666,000 extension: the mayor’s office signed a $498,500 extension, below the $500,000 threshold that triggers a council vote, and added terms meant to block access by federal agents and outside agencies.
The common thread is a shorter clock. A 6-month term returns the question to the same members while the people who spoke at the meeting are still paying attention.
Ohio around it
Cleveland is not the only Ohio body to record a divided vote. Toledo, OH renewed 8 to 4 with all 12 names published in the council journal, and Columbus, OH passed its ordinance 8 to 0 with every name recorded. Dayton, OH sits at Suspended, which stops the cameras while the agreement stands. The Ohio deep dive collects the state file.
A 6-month extension puts Cleveland’s next decision around January 2027. Short extensions with added conditions are turning up elsewhere too: Berkeley’s May 7, 2026 renewal runs 12 months, caps spending at $200,000, and requires an efficacy and compliance review before it ends (Berkeley annotated agenda, May 7, 2026). Both records are on the tracker, and the renewal guide covers how to take part in the next decision, lawfully and on the record.
Find your city. The tracker lists every documented Flock contract, the vote that approved it, and the renewal date. Alerts email you before the next decision.