Youngstown to hire agency to collect unpaid speeding fines

YOUNGSTOWN

The city’s board of control is expected today to sign a two-year agreement with a company to collect unpaid civil speeding violations and late fees.

Of the 5,051 citations issued by officers using speed cameras on highways and in school zones last year – enforcement started Aug. 18 – 2,064 paid the fees that range from $100 to $150, depending on the speed. That’s 52 percent of those cited.

“We were thinking 50 percent [collection], so we did better than expected,” said Anthony Donofrio, city deputy law director.

Mayor John A. McNally told The Vindicator earlier this month the city would step up enforcement by hiring a collection agency.

The board, of which McNally is chairman, will vote today to hire Municipal Collections of America, based in Lansing, Ill., as its collection agency for those who don’t pay speeding citations.

Read more about the company and what will happen to violators in Friday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.