RESOLUTION NO. ____
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH DATA TICKET, INC., FOR PROCESSING OF ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS ISSUED BY THE CITY OF COMMERCE WHEREAS, the City does not currently utilize a third party to process administrative citations issued by the City; and WHEREAS, administrative citations are a non-criminal enforcement remedy that can be utilized by Code Enforcement, Animal Control, and Law Enforcement to address violations of the Commerce Municipal Code; and WHEREAS, services provided by Data Ticket, Inc. are crucial to the overall processing of issued citations. Data Ticket, Inc. will be responsible for receiving the citations from the City, processing them, and collecting the fines from the citation recipient. They will also handle appeals and coordinate the hearings between the City and the citation recipient. Data Ticket, Inc. will also pursue collections on delinquent administrative citations; and WHEREAS, the expenditures for the proposed activity are dependent on the amount of citations processed each month by Data Ticket, Inc. The City will utilize Cost Model 1 in Exhibit B “Fee Proposal” of the Addendum; and WHEREAS, the First Amendment to the existing Agreement with Data Ticket, Inc. will include authority for the processing of administrative citations and for the cost of new administrative citations for staff to utilize.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE AND DETERMINE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Commerce hereby finds and declares that the foregoing recitals are true and correct, and incorporates them herein as findings and as a substantive part of this Resolution.
Section 2. Approve the First Amendment to the Agreement with Data Ticket, Inc. in a form approved by the City Attorney.
Section 3. Approve $2,000 for printing costs for new administrative citations.
Section 4. Authorize the Mayor to execute the First Amendment and this Resolution for and on behalf of the City of Commerce.
Section 5. This Resolution shall take full force and effect immediately upon adoption by the City Council.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 25th day of June 2024. _________________________
Hugo Argumedo, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Lena Shumway, City Clerk