VIENNA — Two township officials gave a presentation that included the status of the township’s automated photo-speed enforcement program Tuesday.

The presentation, put on by trustee Mike Haddle and fiscal officer Jason Miner, aimed to show how and where the township’s finances were traveling, managed through their account at Farmers National Bank and Uniform Accounting Network (UAN) — a financial software package created by the Auditor of State Keith Faber’s office to support the accounting, payroll and financial management activities of Ohio’s local governments.

They also sought to show residents what Haddle deemed the “major disconnect” between the two systems.

Haddle and Miner provided residents with a monthly citation and revenue report showing where the $19,135 from their speed cameras came from in December. The cameras were put into action Aug. 5 with a contract with Blue Line Solutions. Motorists were given a warning for the first 30 days. Tickets were issued starting Sept. 5.

The collected revenue from the cameras was originally $42,171. A lot of fees came out of the revenue that resulted in the final total, Miner pointed out.

“(There’s) the credit card fees Blue Line takes out before it even gets to us. Then Blue Line (gets) 68% of revenue, so Blue Line gets $28,135,” Miner said. “The officer receives overtime reimbursement; so the township, on every payroll (the) police department submits, shows how many hours they work on the camera specifically, and they pay that rate.”

Officers were reimbursed $5,809, according to the report.

Miner said they also have to pay to file the traffic cameras in Girard Municipal Court, which was $9,000. December’s revenue report was the third payment from Blue Line they’ve seen thus far, Haddle said.

Haddle said he’s letting residents know that officials should have an idea of how much the township should receive monthly by March, as the numbers typically “plateau” out by then.

Haddle said they’re sitting right where they expected to be in tickets, with 315 out of 919 valid citations being paid thus far.

“Ticket-wise, when we initially started the program, we were shooting for 31-35% paid, and we’re sitting right at that number right now,” he said.

Beth Haddle was worried because officers caught 29 drivers going more than 20 mph above the posted speed limit, according to the list.

“Even if you were to get rid of the speed cameras — for me, being such a small community — and then we don’t have the sidewalks a lot of places,” Beth said. “It would be a really good idea if the police department, whether you have a camera or not, really started giving physical tickets.”

Mike said giving out physical tickets came with its issues, namely efficiency with a limited pool of officers on staff.

“They can catch, ticket, a lot more people in an hour this way than they can if they pull someone over. So the average ticket stop is 15 to 20 minutes, right? Mike said. “They want to try and keep it as minimal as they can. You’re figuring the best-case scenario, they’re getting three guys an hour or four guys an hour.”

Mike considered the speed cameras as another tool in the toolbox for officers, and they don’t prevent officers from performing normal police duties in the event something happens in the township.