Dallas to Add Red-Light Cameras

The City Council will be asked to approve forty (40) additional red-light cameras at its meeting on Wednesday, September 12. 

This item is on the Consent Agenda (Addendum) and calls for an increase of $15.8 million in the City’s contract with ACS State and Local Solutions, Inc.  The original 5-year contract in the amount of $13.3 million with ACS was approved a year ago.

The City estimates that the FY 2007 profit from that contract will be approximately $5.5 million. 

Starting September 1, all local governments must share one-half of the profits from their red-light cameras with the State of Texas. The State is expected to receive about $165,000 for the month of September. 

Both the City and the State are expected to receive about $19.5 million  in net revenue profits for the six subsequent years.