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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE. <br />JUNE 21, 2016 <br />TITLE: <br />SECOND AMENDED AGREEMENT FOR <br />MERCHANT PAYMENT SERVICES WITH <br />TRANSFIRST, LLC INCREASING ANNUAL <br />EXPENDITURE CAP AND ADOPTING A <br />MAXIMUM CREDIT CARD TRANSACTION <br />LIMIT <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. , 5F; 4,1) <br />CITY MAN R <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />® <br />As Recommended <br />® <br />As Amended <br />❑ <br />Ordinance on I't Reeding <br />® <br />Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />® <br />Implementing Resolution <br />❑ <br />Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />1. Authorize the City Manager and the Clerk of the Council to execute a Second Amended <br />Agreement with TransFirst LLC, for merchant payment services to increase the annual credit <br />card merchant payment services expenditure cap to $165,000 for the current 2015 -16 fiscal <br />year as well as for the additional optional 2016 -17 fiscal year period, subject to non - <br />substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />2. Approve adoption of a maximum credit card transaction limit in the amount of $5,000 dollars <br />for credit card transactions occurring at City facilities. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Finance and Management Services Agency, Treasury and Customer Service Division <br />( "Treasury") is responsible for maintaining all banking related services for the City. Beginning in <br />1997, Treasury embarked on a program to allow payment of taxes, permits, fees, fines and City <br />services through the use of credit cards. A component of allowing the use of credit cards by <br />patrons is the establishment of merchant credit card payment processing. Currently, customers <br />may utilize a credit card to pay City of Santa Ana assessed taxes, permits, fees, fines and other <br />monies due for City services. Acceptance of a credit card as a form of payment involves utilizing <br />a merchant payment services company such as TransFirst, LLC. TransFirst, LLC presents <br />MasterCard and Visa transactions on behalf of the City for all credit card payments made at City <br />facilities, including but not limited to: City Hall Cashiering Counters, Payment Kiosk, Police <br />Department Traffic and Records Divisions, and the Santa Ana Zoo. <br />Increase of Annual Expenditure Cap - On March 12, 2012, City Council authorized a moratorium <br />on the imposition of City credit card processing fees in order to promote electronic payments and <br />attract more on -line payments by customers. In March 2013, Treasury negotiated the reduction <br />25A -1 <br />