Boca Raton school zone cameras collected $337,000 as council adopts third budget amendment
Police reported 5,331 speed camera notices and $337,000 collected, with three new school zones now live, as the council adopted its third budget amendment.
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Boca Raton’s school zone speed cameras issued 5,331 notices and collected $337,000, Police Chief Phelps told the City Council in the program’s annual report on Tuesday, November 10. Three new school zones are now live in a warning period: Blue Lake Elementary, Calusa Elementary, and the Omni Middle and Spanish River High School area, each with cameras on its approaches.
The $337,000 breaks down as $67,400 to the state Department of Revenue, $10,110 to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for criminal justice standards, $40,440 to the school district, and $16,850 for the school crossing guard recruitment and retention program. The city retained $202,200 for administration of the program.
On the budget side, the council adopted Ordinance 5812, the third amendment to the fiscal year 2025-2026 budget, on a 4-0 vote. The amendment moves about $105.7 million between funds, mostly reclassifications, including shifting the retirement sustainability fund into the general fund.
Within that amendment, $960,000 moves from the General Fund to the Beautification Fund to cover costs there. Finance staff told the council the rest of the amendment is mostly money moving from fund to fund rather than new spending, apart from the beautification transfer.