(This story has been updated to include comments from a Flint Police Department spokesman.)

FLINT, MI -- License plate-reading cameras in Flint are working well enough that the Police Department wants to add 31 more to its network.

A City Council committee is scheduled to consider a $199,550 request for the 50% expansion from Police Chief Terence Green when it meets on Wednesday, Oct. 22.

The price includes $160,500 for equipment -- paid for with a federal grant -- and $39,050 for professional services from the police budget.

A resolution on the council’s Finance Committee agenda recommends an agreement with Flock Group Inc. of Atlanta, Georgia, for the additional plate readers, increasing the city’s investment in the program to more than $1.1 million.

The bulk of that payment is tied

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