Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Safety to modify and extend the existing contract with Redflex Traffic Systems for automated red light enforcement system. The City entered into a contract with Redflex Traffic Systems Inc. via ordinance 1015-2005 passed on 10/20/2005 for services and related equipment for a three year period which expired March 7, 2009. The original contract was extended and amended in 2009 and again in 2010. This legislation authorizes the Safety Director first to modify the terms of the original agreement and to extend the agreement from June 4, 2013 to June 3rd, 2017. The agreement is being modified to increase the current base of the City's compensation by approximately seventeen percent. The City of Columbus will pay to Redflex the least amount of money per paid citation of any jurisdiction in Ohio.
The City of Columbus contracted with Redflex Traffic Systems Inc in 2005 to help resolve the ongoing problem of motorists disobeying traffic control signals that have contributed to significant number of motor vehicle crashes. This attached agreement has assisted the city in increasing compliance with traffic control devices and has significantly reduced right angle crashes at photo equipped intersections which are selected based on years of crash data. Moreover, a significant decrease in citation also occurs over time.
Contract Compliance Number: 943292233.
Emergency Designation: Extended negotiations have resulted in an agreement over compensation that needs immediate implementation and extend a contract that expired on June 3rd 2013.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance does not authorize an expenditure of funds. The contractor's compensation consists of a percentage per citation paid which was previously based on a variable fee model. This model has been modified to a fixed compensation rate and increases the city's share by approximately seventeen percent. There is no direct fiscal impact ...
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