Council to hear about extending pilot for license plate readers

City Council work sessions have been considerably shorter since the new Council took office in January. On Tuesday, work session attendees are scheduled to hear what will likely be a brief presentation on extending the automated license plate reader pilot program. The program was implemented last March and is slated to end on March 28 of this year. However, City Manager T.C. Broadnax is asking for an extension of the program to June so the Office of the City Auditor can present a report to the Audit and Finance Committee. The extension of the pilot is also required by a contract the city has with the provider of the equipment. Data from the reader is kept for no more than seven days except in circumstances related to ongoing criminal investigations or missing persons. While any Council member may pull an item from Thursday’s agenda for discussion on Tuesday, there were no indications that they would do that Monday morning. There are also several executive session items to keep Council talking behind closed doors.