Residents and local leaders urged Columbia County supervisors to curb use of private vendor Flock's license-plate reader cameras, citing privacy risks and past data-exposure incidents. The sheriff defended the procurement, said 10 cameras were bought with a $279,000 grant and promised community briefings and tighter contract language.

Howard Johnson asked the board to adopt an ordinance restricting where automatic license-plate readers ('flock cameras') can be installed and how the data they collect are stored and accessed, warning of misuse and urging limits on collection and retention.

Multiple residents urged clearer public notice and access to documents about proposed hyperscale data centers and urged limits on automatic license‑plate‑reader data collection; one speaker pressed the county for the financial documents underpinning developer revenue estimates.