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City Council Meeting: October 26, 2021 Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER 11381 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA MONICA REVISING CREDIT CARD AND DEBIT CARD CONVENIENCE
FEES FOR UTILITY PAYMENTS
WHEREAS, the City has previously authorized the use of credit cards and debit
cards to pay for City services, administrative citations, utilities, parking citations,
recreation activities, and other transactions (collectively, “Credit Card Payments”); and
WHEREAS, there are certain transactional costs associated with Credit Card
Payments; and
WHEREAS, the transactional costs associated with Credit Card Payments vary
depending on the vendor, payment amount, payment purpose, and other factors; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code section 6159(h), the City may impose
charges for the transactional costs associated with Credit Card Payments (“Convenience
Fees”), provided that the Convenience Fees do not exceed the costs incurred by the City
in providing for Credit Card Payments; and
WHEREAS, on October 27, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 11301
(CCS) (“Resolution 11301”), which established certain Convenience Fees for Credit Card
Payments; and
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WHEREAS, Resolution 11301 provides that the City will absorb the transactional
costs for electronic check payments to provide residents and customers with an
alternative electronic payment method without incurring any Convenience Fees; and
WHEREAS, Resolution 11301 provides for a per transaction fee for Credit Card
Payments for administrative citations, utility payments, and parking citations; and
WHEREAS, Resolution 11301 provides for a 2.95% convenience fee based on the
amount of the transaction for Credit Card Payments for recreation activities,
mobility/transportation demand, and all other non-parking-related payments; and
WHEREAS, shifting the Convenience Fees for utility payments to a percentage
based fee will allow the City to avoid potential future increased transactional costs; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to align the Convenience Fees charged for utility
payments with other payments for consistency, ease of administration, and uniform
communications; and
WHEREAS, the City will not retain any portion of the Convenience Fees; and
WHEREAS, the Convenience Fees for transactions other than utility payments will
remain the same as established by Resolution 11301; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Government Code section 66018, the City Council
called a public hearing for October 26, 2021, for the purpose of receiving public comments
to the proposed Convenience Fee for utility payments. Notice of the public hearing was
given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation within the City once a week for
two weeks commencing at least 10 days prior to the public hearing, with at least 5 days
intervening between the first and last publication; and
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WHEREAS, on October 26, 2021, at the time and place set for the public hearing,
the City Council heard and considered all oral and written presentations and comments
made regarding the proposed Convenience Fees for utility payments; and
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES RESOLVE AND PROCLAIM AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council called a public hearing on October 26, 2021 for the
purpose of receiving public comments to the proposed Convenience Fees for utility
payments. Notice of the public hearing was given by publication in a newspaper of
general circulation within the City once a week for two weeks commencing at least 10
days prior to the public hearing, with at least 5 days intervening between the first and last
publication.
SECTION 2. Pursuant to Government Code section 6159(h)(1), the City Council
approves Convenience Fees for Credit Card Payments as set forth below:
Description Vendor Fee Unit
Administrative Citations DataTicket $3.50 per transaction
Parking Citations Conduent $1.00 per transaction
Utilities Paymentus 2.95% percentage of the transaction
Recreation Activities ActiveNet 2.95% percentage of the transaction
Mobility/Transportation Demand CityGrows 2.95% percentage of the transaction
All Other Non-Parking-Related Payments Paymentus 2.95% percentage of the transaction
SECTION 3.The City Council finds and determines that the Convenience Fees
outlined above do not exceed the actual transactional costs incurred by the City in
providing for Credit Card Payments.
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SECTION 4. The City Manager and Director of Finance are hereby authorized to
take all actions necessary to implement and collect the Convenience Fees.
SECTION 5. Resolution 11301 is repealed in its entirety.
SECTION 6. If any section, subsection, clause or phrase in this resolution is for
any reason held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this resolution shall not be affected
thereby. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this resolution and
each section, subsection, sentence, clause, clause, or phrase thereof, irrespective of the
fact that one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrase thereof be
held invalid.
SECTION 7.The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution, and
thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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JOSPEH P. LAWRENCE
Interim City Attorney
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Adopted and approved this 26th day of October 2021.
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Sue Himmelrich, Mayor
I, Denise Anderson-Warren, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby
certify that Resolution No. 11381 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meeting of the Santa
Monica City Council held on the 26th day of October 2021, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Brock, Davis, de la Torre, Negrete, Parra,
Mayor Pro Tem McCowan, Mayor Himmelrich
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST:
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Denise Anderson-Warren, City Clerk
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