Pardon the pun, but what was the rush for speed cameras in Hamilton County?
A resolution Wednesday by the Hamilton County Commission approving a contract for two camera-equipped speed detection lasers seems likely to be short-lived.
The contract was approved in a 5-4 vote, but three commissioners who voted for the resolution, having heard plenty from their constituents in the interim, said Thursday the issue will be revisited next week with a different outcome likely.
“I’ve told [Commission Chairman Fred Skillern] to put it back on the agenda,” Commissioner Chester Bankston told Times Free Press reporter Louie Brogdon. “I’ll make the motion, or second it or whatever next week.”
The matter came before commissioners, and without public notice, in a combined agenda and voting session Wednesday, which was necessitated by last week’s snow. Normally, issues are discussed in an agenda session one week and voted on the next week.