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File #: 0733-2026    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 3/5/2026 In control: Public Service & Transportation Committee
On agenda: 3/23/2026 Final action: 3/25/2026
Title: To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting from this ordinance with the appropriate Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreement for the purchase of parking meter payment systems from Cale America Inc. dba Flowbird for the Division of Mobility & Parking Services; to authorize the expenditure of up to $175,000.00 from the Mobility Enterprise Operating Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($175,000.00)
Attachments: 1. Cale - Flowbird Ohio SOS Business Details, 2. Ord 0733-2026 Flowbird Accounting Template
Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Finance and Management, on behalf of the Director of Public Service, to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting from this ordinance with the appropriate Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreement for the purchase of Parking Meter Payment Systems for the Department of Public Service, Division of Mobility & Parking Services.

The Division of Mobility & Parking Services is responsible for implementing and monitoring systems to accept payment for parking. The City has a multiple year Universal Term Contract established for Parking Meter Payment Systems with Cale America Inc. dba Flowbird to facilitate the acquisition of updated parking meter payment systems to replace obsolete or malfunctioning equipment and the maintenance of the same.

Cale America Inc. dba Flowbird, purchase agreement PA005598, Parking Meter Payment Systems

Searches in the System for Award Management (Federal) and the Findings for Recovery list (State) produced no findings against Cale America Inc.

2. FISCAL IMPACT
Funds are budgeted, appropriated, and available for this expenditure in Fund 6500, the Mobility Enterprise Operating Fund.

4. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested to facilitate the execution of the requisite contract modification to encumber additional funds so as to avoid unnecessary disruptions in current on-street parking operations.

Title
To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting from this ordinance with the appropriate Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreement for the purchase of parking meter payment systems from Cale America Inc. dba Flowbird for the Division of Mobility & Parking Services; to authorize the expenditure of up to $175,000.00 from the Mobility Enterprise Operating Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($175,000.00)

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WHEREAS, the Department of Public Service, Division of Mobility & Park...

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