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CityCouncil | 2010-07-27 | 3 | client contracts is good; in 2009, the City of Inglewood had 12 existing clients that renewed contracts and new clients came onboard, the City of Berkeley has renewed its contract. Councilmember Gilmore stated that she understands the efficiencies, but is having trouble with contract costs versus what would be saved. The Deputy City Manager - Administrative Services stated currently, the parking citation program costs approximately $85-90,000 for staff, which does not track the Supervising Accountant time for managing the program; the Supervising Accountant's time is charged elsewhere; the savings would be approximately $10,000 in terms of the program; an existing employee would be transferred as opposed to hiring a new employee which would result in another $80,000 or so in savings. Councilmember Tam stated staff looked at the City of Inglewood when performing its due diligence regarding economies of scale; inquired why staff has not talked with the City of Oakland or City of Berkeley regarding exploring partnering opportunities in terms of the Duncan Solutions program. The Deputy City Manager - Administrative Services responded both Berkeley and Oakland contract out and use different vendors; Duncan and Inglewood are the industry standard and have 65 clients in northern California. Councilmember Tam stated that she is not clear on the processing center location; the location does not seem to be centralized, but spread out. The Deputy City Manager - Administrative Services stated Duncan Solutions is based out of Milwaukee; Inglewood sought partnership with Duncan Solutions since it is the largest provided; handheld ticket writer support is provided from Carlsbad. Councilmember Tam inquired whether the $13,000 a year credit card processing costs would be included in the $75,000 [annual agreement cost], or whether the cost would be part of the convenience fee that the person getting the ticket would have to pay. The Deputy City Manager - Administrative Services responded the person getting the ticket would pay the convenience fee as an added cost to the ticket. Speaker: Richard Hausman, Alameda. The Deputy City Manager - Administrative Services stated developing a system would be a time consuming process and would be quite costly; some money would be given up for the privilege of having someone else do collections; staff could bring the collections issue back as a separate item in September so Council could choose whether or not to pursue the issue. Special Joint Meeting Alameda City Council, Alameda Reuse 3 and Redevelopment Authority, and Community Improvement Commission July 27, 2010 | CityCouncil/2010-07-27.pdf |