Government and Politics
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Xerox is suing Cleveland over traffic cameras
The company says the city never terminated its contract after voters banned the use of unattended cameras last fall
by WKSU's KABIR BHATIA |
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Kabir Bhatia | | |
 | | Xerox says Cleveland is sitting on a $9 million surplus from the traffic cameras. | | Courtesy of KABIR BHATIA |
The Xerox Corporation has operated traffic enforcement cameras for the City of Cleveland since 2004. Now, Xerox is suing the city following a ban on the cameras. WKSU's Kabir Bhatia reports. |
Voters banned unattended traffic cameras last November, at which time Xerox says Cleveland simply stopped paying fees that were about $300,000 a month.
The suit claims that Cleveland could have paid a termination fee to end the 2013 contract, but never did so, and that the city is now sitting on a surplus of $9 million from the traffic cameras.
But the city says an amendment to the contract terminated the deal if a state or federal law ever enacted a ban on the cameras.
The vote last year allows cameras only if a police officer is stationed in-person at the device to issue tickets. A Cleveland spokesman said the city does not comment on pending suits, and calls for comment to Xerox’s attorneys were not returned.
A copy of the court filings has been posted by cleveland.com, |
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