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Council questions 10‑year lifespan and vendor lock in for parking‑reader amendment
Summary
Council members pressed staff about a proposed amendatory agreement to extend a parking‑readers contract; Dottie COO Cynthia Patton said the equipment has a roughly 10‑year lifespan and the city is requesting a two‑year extension to align with useful life and avoid discarding proprietary, vendor‑specific hardware.
Councilmembers on Oct. 14 pressed administration staff about a proposed amendatory agreement with a parking‑reader vendor tied to on‑street parking management.
Councilmember Lewis asked whether the city would be contractually locked into the vendor for 10 years. Cynthia Patton, who identified herself as COO of "Dottie," said the city is not contractually locked but that the lifespan of the material is about 10 years and that much of the software is proprietary to the vendor. Patton told the…
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