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Royal Oak approves Flowbird pay stations, ParkMobile app in negotiated city‑drafted contract

Royal Oak City Commission · July 15, 2025
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Summary

Royal Oak approved a city‑drafted contract to install about 150 Flowbird solar pay stations and use ParkMobile for mobile payments, correcting a packet typo to state an initial purchase of $888,672.

Royal Oak's City Commission voted July 14 to replace the city's aging and inconsistent on‑street parking equipment with a modern system centered on approximately 150 Flowbird solar pay stations and ParkMobile for mobile payments.

City staff and counsel said they drafted the contract, negotiated terms with outside counsel and the vendors, and included provisions that keep asset ownership with the city, impose fixed costs with no vendor revenue sharing and require public outreach.…

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