Kui noite, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

And we've got a um uh narrow but substantive agenda for tonight.

So um I'll get right to it.

Um Ms.

Miller, are there any changes in general?

No, Mr.

Mayor.

Uh Council, any changes each other?

Yes, sir.

Move to adopt the agenda as presented.

Second.

That's moved and seconded.

Is there any further conversation on the agenda?

Seeing none.

Um all in favor, someone saying aye.

I pose nay.

Motion carries, and we have an agenda.

Uh just want to check.

Uh there are any visitors to be heard tonight on items not or not on tonight's agenda.

Seeing none.

Um I'll move right to uh our first item tonight.

Uh first item is a uh license plate reader uh technology overview.

Uh and uh Chief Amari is joining us as well as uh uh Deputy Johnson as well as other staff.

Um so we want to get into uh this topic.

I want to thank the folks uh who are here today uh for the um uh workshop meeting uh and those watching at home as well.

Um I know that uh there's been a lot of community interest in the issue of automated license plate readers and ALPR technology, uh as the chief and I will probably refer to it tonight.

Um I want to clarify what the purpose of tonight's meeting is.

Tonight's meeting is a workshop meeting, uh, and it's a chance for the council to hear directly from uh the chief about how uh Egan Police is using ALPR technology uh and how our policies guide uh the use of that technology.

Uh this is a city council workshop, but it's not a public hearing.

Um and uh or a public comment session as well.

So uh it's my hope uh that tonight will be educational for the council uh as well as for those attending uh and watching here at home, uh, so that we all leave a little bit more educated on what ALPR uh technology is uh and what it is not.

Uh I look forward to listening to and learning from uh Chief Omari.

Uh and um I understand he has a fairly thorough uh presentation for us um tonight.

Uh as we get started, I do want to clarify what the council's role is in regards to ALPR technology.

Uh the city council approves uh the city's annual budget and its capital purchasing plans uh and provides high level public policy direction.

Operational decisions, including the selection of specific technologies are made by our professional level staff uh in individual departments.

Staff keep the council informed about tech new technology.

They often do demonstrations of that technology, such as body camera body worn cameras, drones, uh, or public-facing dashboards that are used for uh communication with the public on things like uh our comprehensive plan, etc.

Uh and um uh I want to add and conclude with uh that while I am confident that uh ALPR is currently working as intended uh within the city of Egan.

Uh I also understand the questions that it raises about privacy data sharing and oversight.

Uh and I believe those are legitimate questions and issues for us to understand uh to take seriously uh and to question as well.

Um and I believe the chief agrees.

Um that's why I appreciate Chief Omari's proactive review uh in March of our police department's ALPR system settings, our policies, uh, as well as our data sharing practices.

Uh that review led to, as he'll explain, uh disabling of the statewide sharing of Egan's ALPR data uh and strengthening safeguards around that access as well.

Uh tonight's an opportunity for the council to better understand the technology, the choices being considered, uh and how the department is pro is approaching it uh and approaching its use uh responsibly.

So chief, I want to thank you for being here uh and for your time and thoughtful work on the issue.

I know that you uh and others on your staff have responded to a number of questions uh from the public on ALPR, uh, but I appreciate your being here tonight.

Uh and maybe before you start, I believe uh Ms.

Miller wanted to uh comment on some of the questions that the city has received um and the uh city's uh hopes in responding to those questions as well.

Thank you, Mr.

Ram, members of the council.

I simply wanted to say thank you to council members as well as community members for the numerous questions that were sent in advance of this evening.

That was very helpful to us as we prepared.

I do want to make a caveat that we couldn't answer every question that was submitted, but we sure tried really hard to cover as much as we can in uh the chief's presentation.

So the chief will cover at the end.

If you did not get your question answered and you still have questions, our staff is happy to talk to you after the meeting, and we'll have contact information for someone to reach out to if you do have questions that we didn't get to tonight.

So, with that, I will turn it over to Chief O'Marie.

Thank you.

Thank you, uh, Mr.

Mayor, Council members, and community members.