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File #: 0708-2026    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 3/3/2026 In control: Public Service & Transportation Committee
On agenda: 3/23/2026 Final action: 3/25/2026
Title: To authorize the Director of Public Service to modify a professional services contract with ParkMobile LLC relative to the Mobile Payment Application System; to authorize the expenditure of up to $1,600,000.00 from the Mobility Enterprise Operating Fund to pay for an additional year of this contract; and to declare an emergency. ($1,600,000.00)
Attachments: 1. Ord. 0708-2026 Accounting Template, 2. Parkmobile Ohio SOS Business Details
Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to modify a professional services contract with ParkMobile LLC relative to the ParkColumbus mobile payment application.

Ordinance 0689-2023 authorized the execution of the original contract between the Department of Public Service and ParkMobile, LLC to facilitate the performance of various professional and technical tasks necessary to the operation and maintenance of the Mobile Payment Application System commonly known as ParkColumbus. Ordinance 1236-2024 authorized the encumbrance and expenditure of additional funds through March 31, 2025. Ordinance 0606-2025 authorized the encumbrance and expenditure of additional funds through March 31, 2026. This legislation seeks to authorize the encumbrance and expenditure of additional funding to sustain the ParkColumbus mobile payment application through at least March 31, 2027.

Amount of additional funds to be expended: $1,600,000.00
Original contract amount: $800,000.00 (Ord. 0689-2023; PO398124)
Modification 1: $1,200,000.00 (Ord. 1236-2024; PO469007)
Modification 2: $1,600,000.00 (Ord. 0606-2025; PO511974)
Modification 3: $1,600,000.00­­ (This legislation)_________
Total contract amount including all modifications: $5,200,000.00

Reason additional goods/services could not be foreseen: This is a planned contract modification.

Reason other procurement processes are not used: ParkMobile LLC has been operating and maintaining ParkColumbus since its inception in 2019. Therefore, it is unlikely that seeking out and engaging another company to do so will result in significant cost savings for the City at this time.

How cost of modification was determined:
The funding needed to support the proposed contract modification reflects the estimated annualized cost to sustain the continuation of services through March 31, 2027.


2. CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
ParkMobile LLC’s contr...

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