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East Hampton board accepts Rentalscape contract to monitor short‑term rentals, with conditions
Summary
The East Hampton Town Board voted to accept an evaluation committee's recommendation to contract Deckard Technologies for Rentalscape to monitor short‑term rental compliance. Members pressed staff on enforcement limits, AI false positives, cybersecurity and data‑retention policies and asked for a follow‑up report in September.
The East Hampton Town Board voted on May 12 to accept an evaluation committee’s recommendation and authorize a contract with Deckard Technologies to provide Rentalscape, an automated platform for monitoring compliance with the town’s short‑term rental registry. The board approved the contract as presented, with the town supervisor authorized to sign; the annual price is $43,120, prorated to $21,560 for the remainder of 2026.
The selection committee, represented at the meeting by Tina Lagoren of the planning department, said four firms responded to RFP 2026101 and two were interviewed before Deckard was recommended. "The product was demonstrated for us during the interview process, and it looked to be a very effective tool," Lagoren said, noting the platform’s reporting and dashboard capabilities.
Board members sought clarity on how the tool would be used. "We are looking to do that," Council member Rogers said when asked whether the platform could support enforcement as well as monitoring, but staff emphasized that any enforcement action would still be driven by the town’s code‑enforcement office. Lagoren and others said initial outreach would be framed as compliance requests sent on town letterhead and that code enforcement would have to approve any letters before they are mailed.
Several members raised concerns about AI‑driven false positives and data handling. "Do we have a procedure in place for people who do get falsely flagged?" a board member asked. Staff replied the vendor proposal includes accuracy metrics and that the town’s procurement and contract language require the vendor to comply with applicable retention and data‑security laws; IT had reviewed the product’s cybersecurity features and returned an affirmative finding on technical safeguards.
The board requested a follow‑up memo and suggested returning in September with a winter‑season analysis of the data and the tool’s accuracy. Lagoren said the committee will provide the data to the board after the summer monitoring period. The resolution to accept RFP 2026101 and authorize the supervisor to execute a contract with Deckard Technologies passed on a recorded vote.
