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# Newton to vote on 10-year comprehensive plan, address Flock camera privacy concerns
- URL: https://www.citizenjournal.us/newton-to-vote-on-10-year-comprehensive-plan-address-flock-camera-privacy-concerns/
- Published: 2026-10-13T13:15:16.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-13T13:15:16.000Z
- Description: Commissioners will also consider reacquiring 10 acres of industrial land and easing beaver trapping rules
- Author: Greg Loving
- Tags: Newton, dnn, #news

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Led by Mayor Rodney Stinnett, the Newton City Commission is set to vote Tuesday night on a sweeping 10-year comprehensive plan and address ongoing community privacy concerns over the city's new Flock safety camera system.

The [7 p.m. meeting](https://newtonkansas.civicweb.net/Portal/MeetingInformation.aspx?Id=8541&ref=citizenjournal.us) will feature a highly anticipated police presentation on the 11 automated license plate readers recently installed at entry points around the city.

During a September meeting, residents criticized the lack of public input and the inability to opt out of the surveillance network. Police maintain the cameras do not use facial recognition and only capture publicly visible tags to track vehicles tied to major crimes.

Commissioners will also consider formally adopting "Newton Next," a finalized community blueprint designed to guide local housing, land use, transportation and economic development over the next decade.

In other business, commissioners will weigh a purchase and sale agreement to reacquire 10 acres of real estate at First Street and Oliver Road from Honolulu-based 21 Albermarle LLC.

The company originally purchased the site at the [Kansas Logistics Park](https://harveycoedc.org/industrial-parks/kansas-logistics-park/?ref=citizenjournal.us) in 2022 to build a 40,000-square-foot facility but is now returning the land to the city.

The commission is also expected to pass an ordinance allowing state-permitted trappers with approval from the local animal control officer to use steel-jaw and body-gripping traps to remove nuisance beavers within city limits. The ordinance creates an exception to existing local animal control laws.

Additionally, the city will review construction specifications for the Plum Street bridge rehabilitation project and is expected to set a contractor bid date for Nov. 3.

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