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Council renews Deckard contract after presentation showing high short‑term rental registration and revenue capture
Summary
After a presentation from Deckard Technologies showing 2,727 active short‑term rental licenses and an estimated 97% of revenue flowing through licensed operators, the City Council approved renewing the city's compliance contract. Councilors pressed staff on how Deckard detects permit numbers on listing platforms and on onboarding and tax‑reporting templates.
The South Padre Island City Council voted to renew the city's short‑term rental compliance contract with Deckard Technologies following a detailed presentation on the program's performance.
Deckard representative Nick Del Pego told the council the system now tracks 2,727 active licenses in the city, "which is 900 more than when we started this a few years ago," and reported that about "97% of the revenue we observe... moved through licensed operators." He said the company’s daily ad‑crawling, calendar monitoring and a three‑letter outreach process produced 145 direct registrations from the outreach campaign and an estimated 653 net new property registrations year‑over‑year.
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