City Council

12. FINANCE COMMITTEE: CONTRACT AWARD TO TYLER TECHNOLOGY, INC., FOR SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES RELATED TO PAYMENT PROCESSING (Finance Dept.) Recommendation: It is recommended that the City Council: (1) Find that the proposed action in the agenda report is not a project subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as defined in Section 21065 of CEQA and Sections 15060(c)(2), 15060(c)(3), and 15378 of the State CEQA Guidelines, and as such, no environmental document pursuant to CEQA is required for the project; (2) Authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Tyler Technologies, Inc. (Tyler), for a master subscription agreement allowing the use of the Tyler Payments software solution and related merchant processing for payments to the City of Pasadena. Services will be provided at a fixed service fee of 2.65% per transaction for debit or credit cards and a 0.50 per transaction fee for electronic check/ACH payments. Competitive bidding is not required pursuant to City Charter Section 1002(F) contracts for professional or unique services; and (3) Grant the proposed contract an exemption from the Competitive Selection process pursuant to Pasadena Municipal Code Section 4.08.049(B), contracts for which the City’s best interests are served. The City uses Tyler’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution for all financial, accounting, cashiering, purchasing and payroll related software, and this contract will provide a new Tyler integrated payment module to enhance both in-person and online payments. TPA