Marysville Sound

Public Safety · Oct 28, 2024

Marysville 2025-26 budget request would expand FLOCK license-plate cameras to 30 citywide

An Oct. 28, 2024 agenda packet shows police requested expanding FLOCK license-plate cameras to 30 citywide as part of the proposed 2025-26 budget; the meeting's outcome is not in the records. 1

What the records say

The Oct. 28, 2024 Marysville City Council regular-meeting agenda includes police budget requests for the proposed 2025-26 biennial budget, among them a request to expand the city's FLOCK license-plate camera system to 30 cameras 'throughout the city' 1. The meeting was scheduled for 7:00 PM at 501 Delta Avenue, Marysville 1. The FLOCK expansion appears in the budget presentation materials (agenda item F) as a 2025-26 budget request. The police narrative describes a pilot with five automated license-plate readers; this request would continue funding those five and add ten more cameras within the city at a first-year cost of $33,000 1. Separately, the record says council in 2024 approved grant funding to add 15 FLOCK cameras in 2025-2026 — with the grant amount cited as $52,250 in one narrative and $52,000 in another, a difference the records do not reconcile 1. Together, the record says, this would bring the system to 30 cameras across the city, with an ongoing annual service contract of $3,000 per camera, about $90,000 per year plus tax 1. Because the record is a pre-meeting agenda, it does not show the council approving, rejecting, or changing the request; the meeting's outcome is not in the supplied record 1. Where within the city the cameras would be placed is not specified beyond 'within the City' 1.

  • The Oct. 28, 2024 agenda packet includes a police request to expand the FLOCK license-plate camera system to 30 cameras throughout the city as part of the proposed 2025-26 budget. 1
  • The council was scheduled to meet Monday, Oct. 28, 2024, at 7:00 PM at 501 Delta Avenue, Marysville. 1
  • The narratives cite a $52,250 grant in one place and $52,000 in another for the 15-camera addition, list $33,000 as the first-year cost of ten more cameras, and put the recurring service cost at about $90,000 per year. 1
  • The pre-meeting record does not show the meeting's outcome on the budget or the camera request. 1

Why it matters

If approved as part of the 2025-26 budget, the city's FLOCK system would reach 30 cameras that read vehicle license plates across Marysville 1. The request lists a recurring service cost of $3,000 per camera — about $90,000 per year plus tax — on top of the first-year and grant amounts 1. Residents seeking camera locations or the final council decision will need later records showing how the council acted, since this pre-meeting agenda does not include the outcome 1.

What changed / what's next

  • The flagged proposal would bring the FLOCK license-plate camera system to 30 cameras 'throughout the city' as part of the proposed 2025-26 budget. 1
  • Later records, not yet supplied, could show how the council acted on the proposed 2025-26 budget and the FLOCK expansion. 1
  • The request does not specify where the cameras would be placed beyond 'within the City.' 1
  • A follow-up record could resolve why the grant amount is stated as $52,250 in one narrative and $52,000 in another. 1
  • The available records do not establish the meeting's outcome.