City pays EDC to enable parking-amnesty platform; $91,000 collected so far
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Summary
Digital services staff said the city is paying Electronic Data Corporation a one-time fee to enable start/stop and reversal functions for a parking-amnesty program; staff reported approximately $91,000 collected to date and asked to track how many fees were forgiven during the amnesty.
The council considered a payment to Electronic Data Corporation (EDC) to enable platform work required for the city's parking-amnesty program.
Vinnie Scipione, Director of Digital Services, said the work is a one-time professional-services payment to prepare the platform to remove fines and surcharges during the amnesty period and to revert the system afterward. Scipione said that, as of a recent press release referenced in the meeting, about $91,000 had been collected during the program so far and that staff estimated roughly $50,000 in base fines were paid with about $41,000 in associated fees removed under amnesty. Councilors asked staff to keep track of the total number of fees forgiven when the program concludes.
A councilor asked whether adding a month to the amnesty period would require an increase to the not-to-exceed amount for EDC; Scipione said no, because the fee is a one-time function that is not tied to the calendar extension. He further clarified that amnesty was already active and that this payment covers the enabling work and the reversal process once the program ends. No formal vote is recorded in the transcript.
