Councilor Morcillo introduced a request that the chief of police produce a report containing data on school-bus violation enforcement tickets and related information, saying the police department “has issues with the legislation as it's written.”

“...we do not have cameras on school buses yet, and we will not get them on school buses because the police department has issues with the legislation as it's written,” Councilor Morcillo said, adding that he had only learned about the problem after asking where cameras were and whether data were being collected. He told the committee that legislative representatives “are working on getting some amendments done very quickly” and that some changes might be added to a budget bill to speed implementation.

Councilor Hobby moved to keep the matter in committee and have it roll over for further monitoring; Councilor Burla seconded the motion, which carried (vote tally not specified in the transcript). Councilor Stott described the situation as “embarrassing, maddening, and extremely frustrating,” saying the city had discussed enforcement at length and that the inability to complete the first step undermines progress on school-bus safety.

The committee's action is procedural: it does not direct immediate changes to city policy or procurement. Instead, the decision preserves the request while lawmakers consider technical amendments to the state law that city staff and the police department say are preventing local deployment of camera systems. The council did not receive the requested police report at the Dec. 4 meeting; the item will remain in committee for follow-up.

Next steps: the item stays in committee for further updates from police and staff and for monitoring of state-level amendments; no formal vote tally was recorded in the meeting transcript.