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This table made by highwayrobbery.net, using official reports provided by the City under the California Public Records Act. 

Official reports, 2007 - 2010, received Jan. 11, 2011
Also see the 2007 - 2009 official reports at the link in Docs Set # 2, below.
Official reports, received Jan. 24, 2011

[  ] indicates a footnote.
[1]  Totals are as provided by the City.
[2]  YTD = Year-to-date total.
[3]  Un-used columns are to allow for later expansion of City's system.
[4]  Except where noted otherwise, the figures given in the table are for the single calendar month indicated.  Any figures in red type (or, if you are looking at this table in black and white, the upper figure when there are two or more figures in a cell) are what ATS calls Total Events, or all incidents recorded by the cameras, and due to time limitations may have been posted here only for selected months or locations.  If there is sufficient public interest, the remaining months will be obtained and posted.  The figures in black type are what ATS calls Citations Issued.
[5]  Lane-by-lane monthly data for this month is available in the official reports received 1-11-11 (linked above), which also is the source for the totals given for this month.
[6]  The totals given for this month are from the official reports linked in Docs Set # 2, below.
[7]  The collection rates are from the police department's "Viability Study" linked in Docs Set # 2, below.  Page 7 of the Viability Study explains the method by which the collection rates were calculated.
[8]  The title bar has been repeated solely for the convenience of the reader - there is no difference between it and the one at the top of the table.
[9]  Monthly, annual and overall totals are from official reports received 1-24-11.

Covina Docs Set # 2
Source Documents, Contract

Possibly No Longer Cost Neutral

On Aug. 10, 2009 the City sent me a 54 page pdf document.

Pages 2 - 19 of the pdf are the original contract, which  at Section 4(f) says:

Remaining year terms: After the first year of the contract, Customer shall not be required to pay ATS more than Customer (or ATS on Customer's behalf) has collected in fines through the use of the Axsis System cumulatively throughout the term of the contract.

Page 1 of the pdf is a 9-15-08 memo to the CPD, in which ATS specifies a lowered "Monthly Unit Price" of $2200 per camera, and concludes:

The terms will remain in effect through December 31, 2008 at which time the City and ATS will review this agreement and jointly review the individual site performance and determine the monthly unit price. In the event that ATS chooses to decommission four or more units, the previous monthly fee shall be reinstated.

Pages 44 - 54 of the pdf are a June 2009 "Viability Study" which says, at page 6:

“The fee arrangement was re-negotiated this fiscal year to a flat monthly fee…”

Also of interest:

Section 1.2.1 of Exhibit A (page 9 of the contract) specifies an "optional one-time warning period."

Option C of Schedule 1 (page 13 of the contract) sets an extra fee for citing out-of-state motorists.

Pages 20 - 43 of the pdf are the documents used to create the table, above.

In the Viability Study:

Page 1 mentions the 30-day warning period.

Page 2 mentions that fatalities rose 28.6%.

Page 6 mentions an "operating profit" and the new "flat" fee.

Page 7 assumes a $50 per hour employee cost for police personnel.

Page 7 also explains the method by which the collection rates were calculated.

Page 9 mentions that ATS is capable of issuing automated tickets to overweight trucks, but does not indicate if the City is using this service.

This list of contracts and amendments may not be up-to-date - there could be a contract or amendment later than the ones listed above.