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Depoe Bay council approves short-term rental monitoring software from Deckard Technologies
Summary
Council approved a contract to buy short-term-rental compliance software to help detect unlicensed listings, collect TRT payments and improve enforcement; staff and vendor discussed data access, enforcement limits and hosting.
The Depoe Bay City Council voted to approve a contract with Deckard Technologies for short-term-rental (STR) monitoring and payment software after staff and the vendor answered council questions about data access, enforcement and cost.
Jenny, the city27s business-licensing official, outlined enforcement gaps in the city27s current approach and said the software would help identify potential unlicensed rentals and reduce manual workload. "The opportunity to find out when people are renting these rooms is huge," Jenny said, adding the system would make licensing and tax collection more efficient.
Mario of Deckard Technologies described the product as a software-as-a-service dashboard that scans ads, calendars and booking sites and provides nightly reconciliations for the city. "The city will have access to everything that we see online from a daily basis," Mario said, describing the dashboard27s near-real-time reporting and noting the vendor hosts its services in the U.S. on Amazon Web Services.
Council discussed enforcement authority and whether existing local ordinances provide adequate enforcement tools. Deckard representatives recommended starting with the software and letters to suspected operators and then considering ordinance changes if the city finds broader noncompliance.
After discussion about data handling and return on investment, a councilor moved to approve the presented contract; the motion passed. Staff said the contract cost discussed in the meeting was roughly $17,500 for initial implementation and that staff would bring a finalized, legally reviewed contract back for execution.
The council directed staff to schedule a demonstration for other council members and to verify the ROI and enforcement workflow before full deployment.
