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Boyne City approves one-year short-term rental address-identification contract for $8,992.49
Summary
The commission authorized a one-year contract for address-identification services (using an AI-based tool) at a price of $8,992.49 to help enforce the city's short-term rental ordinance and identify noncompliant properties.
The Boyne City Commission approved a one-year contract to continue using an address-identification service to monitor short-term rentals, authorizing the city manager or clerk/treasurer to execute the necessary documents for a total price of $8,992.49.
Commissioner Hauser moved to approve the one-year contract and to authorize execution of documents; commissioners discussed the vendor selection after staff said only one other quote was returned at a significantly higher price. City staff described the product as an AI-driven algorithm that provides ballpark identification of likely short-term rental addresses and noted the city will continue local verification.
Commissioners discussed the accuracy tradeoffs between automated identification and manual, local knowledge; staff said the tool is a time-saver that helps target enforcement work and that the city would still use local knowledge to confirm results. "The AI is only as good as the information going in and out," a staff member said, while adding the service would reduce staff time on repetitive identification tasks.
The motion passed on roll call; commissioners recorded ayes from Place, Boltz, Hauser, Farrell and Hampton.
