Public Works briefs Council on options under HB 1631
Public Works Director Raymond Lee presents three options: continue the contract to its end (reported as September 2022), cancel before it ends, or cancel immediately with 90-day notice, estimating cancellation at about $500,000. No council vote is reported; staff say the program will continue unless the council directs otherwise.[1][2]
Raymond Lee, Director of Public Works: Public Works Director Raymond Lee estimated the cost of cancelling the contract in June 2019 at about $500,000 ('plus or minus half a million dollars'); this was an estimate.[2][1]
Estimated cancellation
$500,000
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No council vote was reported on June 11, 2019; Lee said the program would continue 'unless council directs us to do otherwise,' and staff were to return with exact cancellation costs.[1][2]
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The Amarillo Pioneer: The Amarillo Pioneer reported that the contract had an option to terminate if the state banned the cameras, and that the City read the law's continuation provision as making that option unavailable.[3]