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Presented By
Referred To � � Committee: Date
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An amendment to the Saint Paul Admivistrative Code to add a Chapter 97 providing methods of payment to
the city by which: the city may accept checks, credit, chazge or debit cards, or other methods of electronic or
wire funds transfer for payment in government services transactions, including electronic transactions; the
office of financial services may contract with one or more entities for the purposes of enabling the city to
accept and process such transacrions; all city depariments shall process such transactions through contracts
negotiated by the office of financial services unless that office grants a waiver; such contracts must be
approved by the office of financial services; the office of financial services may impose a convenience fee
added to such transactions; the process is provided to set the amount of such fee and the fee notification
required to be made to the person using the transacrion service; the appropriation is made to the city
deparhnent which coliects the fees; the convenience fee is in addition to other charges imposed for a license,
user, assessment, sales or permit fee, goods or services provided by a city department; checks, credit, charge
or debit cazd, or other method of electronic or wire funds transfer account numbers are confidential, private or
protected nonpubiic data for the purposes of the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1
Saint Paul Legislative Code is hereby amended to add a Chapter 47 and Section 97.01 to read as follows:
Chapter 97. Payment to the Citv
Sec. 97.01 Methods of Pavment to the Citv
(a) For purposes of this section, the followinQ definitions applv:
� "citd' means the City of Saint Paul and any of its deparhnents and offices.
� "government services transaction" means the conduct of business between the citv and an
individual or business entity where the individual ar business enti is pavinQ a license, user,
assessment, sales, or permit fee or purchasin�¢oods or services.
� "electronic transacrion" means the conduct of business between the citv and an individual or
business entitv, includin� but not limited to, via the Internet electronic method of transmission
of data
27 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law rule or reeulation to the contrary the city may acce�t
28 checks, credit char�e or debit cazds, or other methods of electronic or wire funds transfer for payxnent in
29 govemment services transactions, includin¢ electronic transactions.
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30 (cl The Office of Financial Services may contract with one or more entities for the purposes of enabling the
31 citv to accept and process checks credit chaz�e or debit cazds or other electronic or wire financial
32 transactions All citv depzrtments shall process their checks eredit char¢e or debit cards and other electronic
33 or wire transaction throu¢h the contracts neeotiated by the Office of Financial Services unless the Director of
34 Financial Services erants a waiver allowin�a department to neeotiate its own contract with an entitv. These
35 contracts must be approved bv the Director of Financial Services.
36 L) Subiect to any other law to the contrarv the Office of Financial Services may impose a convenience fee to
37 be added to each transaction. The total amount of such convenience fees will be based on actual costs char¢ed
38 b�processing contractor for such transaction services. The actual costs will be detennined in accordance
39 with established accountina and treasUTXprocedures by the Office of Financial Services. Each department
40 with a convenience fee must norify the oerson usin�the transaction services of the fee before the transaction
41 is nrocessed Fees collected under this section are a�ropriated to the denartment and/or office collecting the
42 fee for �urposes of pa n�n�the processing contractor.
43 (el A convenience fee im�osed b�the Office of Financial Services under this section is in addition to any_
44 fee chaz�e or cost otherwise imposed for a license user assessment sales or pernut fee �oods or service
45 nrovided bv the deparhnent and/or office.
46 �,fl Checks credit char�e or debit cards ar other method of electronic or wire funds transfer account numbers
47 are confidential private or protected nonpublic data for the purposes of the Minnesota Government Data
48 Practices Act.
Requested by Office of:
Adopted by Council: Date � � �a-pp�
Adoption Certified by Council Secretary
By: F .
Approved by Mayor: Date /r(({q/� �� Lcr/r
By: �
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Form A ed by City Attorney
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Approved by Mayor for Submission to
Council
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amending the Adminisdative Code to expand the methods of payment to indude:
1) Accepring checks, credit, charge, or debit cards, or other methods of electronic or wire funds transfer for payment of govemment service transactions;
2) Aut}�orizing the Office ofFinancial Services to negotiate contracts with the appropriate entities to process noncash payments for all City
depaRmenis; and
3) Allowing a convenience fee to be added to each transaction based on actual costs charged by a processing contractor.
or
PLANNING CAMMISSION
CIB COMMITTEE
CIVIL SERVICE COMMiSSION
all
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1. Has this pereoNfimi ever wnrked un0et a coM2ct For this department4
YES NO
2. Has this persoNfirm eve[ been a city employee?
YES NO
3 Does th�s persoNfirtn possess a skill not normaily possessed by any curten[ cily employee�
VES NO
4. Is this persoNfirm a targeted vendoR
YES NO
sheet and at[ach to areen sheet
1) Although in practice the City accepts forms of payment other than cash, no foimat authority culrently e�sts to authorize acceptance of
noncash payments. -
2, 3) The City's current processing contractor, Wells Fazgo, charges appro�mately 2.5% of sales for processing credit cazd charges. The
processinQ fees are paid bv the denarhnents from the revenues co]lected for the service. .
1) The City will be authorized to accept forms of payment other than cash. J ��'
f �, at��
2) The City, as a whole, will be able to negotiate lower processing fees based on higher sales volume. �tf`°��
3) The City wi11 have the opportunity to recover lost revenues due to credit card processing fees. ,. ����v.8
P.S9
ADVANTAGESIFAPPROVED
1) N/A
2) N/A
3) Customers may be charged a convenience fee if they use charge cards to pay for City servi
ADVANTAGESIFNOTAPPROVED
1) The City will not be fovnally authorized to accept payments in foans other than cash.
2) The City will be chazged higher processing fees.
3) The CitY will not be authorized to recover lost revenues due to credit card otwessinz fees.
AMOUNT OF TRANSACTION S
(FJ(PWN)
COSTIREVENUE BUDGEfED (GIRCLE ON�
ACTIVITV NUMBER
VES NO
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Presented By
Referred To � � Committee: Date
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An amendment to the Saint Paul Admivistrative Code to add a Chapter 97 providing methods of payment to
the city by which: the city may accept checks, credit, chazge or debit cards, or other methods of electronic or
wire funds transfer for payment in government services transactions, including electronic transactions; the
office of financial services may contract with one or more entities for the purposes of enabling the city to
accept and process such transacrions; all city depariments shall process such transactions through contracts
negotiated by the office of financial services unless that office grants a waiver; such contracts must be
approved by the office of financial services; the office of financial services may impose a convenience fee
added to such transactions; the process is provided to set the amount of such fee and the fee notification
required to be made to the person using the transacrion service; the appropriation is made to the city
deparhnent which coliects the fees; the convenience fee is in addition to other charges imposed for a license,
user, assessment, sales or permit fee, goods or services provided by a city department; checks, credit, charge
or debit cazd, or other method of electronic or wire funds transfer account numbers are confidential, private or
protected nonpubiic data for the purposes of the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1
Saint Paul Legislative Code is hereby amended to add a Chapter 47 and Section 97.01 to read as follows:
Chapter 97. Payment to the Citv
Sec. 97.01 Methods of Pavment to the Citv
(a) For purposes of this section, the followinQ definitions applv:
� "citd' means the City of Saint Paul and any of its deparhnents and offices.
� "government services transaction" means the conduct of business between the citv and an
individual or business entity where the individual ar business enti is pavinQ a license, user,
assessment, sales, or permit fee or purchasin�¢oods or services.
� "electronic transacrion" means the conduct of business between the citv and an individual or
business entitv, includin� but not limited to, via the Internet electronic method of transmission
of data
27 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law rule or reeulation to the contrary the city may acce�t
28 checks, credit char�e or debit cazds, or other methods of electronic or wire funds transfer for payxnent in
29 govemment services transactions, includin¢ electronic transactions.
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30 (cl The Office of Financial Services may contract with one or more entities for the purposes of enabling the
31 citv to accept and process checks credit chaz�e or debit cazds or other electronic or wire financial
32 transactions All citv depzrtments shall process their checks eredit char¢e or debit cards and other electronic
33 or wire transaction throu¢h the contracts neeotiated by the Office of Financial Services unless the Director of
34 Financial Services erants a waiver allowin�a department to neeotiate its own contract with an entitv. These
35 contracts must be approved bv the Director of Financial Services.
36 L) Subiect to any other law to the contrarv the Office of Financial Services may impose a convenience fee to
37 be added to each transaction. The total amount of such convenience fees will be based on actual costs char¢ed
38 b�processing contractor for such transaction services. The actual costs will be detennined in accordance
39 with established accountina and treasUTXprocedures by the Office of Financial Services. Each department
40 with a convenience fee must norify the oerson usin�the transaction services of the fee before the transaction
41 is nrocessed Fees collected under this section are a�ropriated to the denartment and/or office collecting the
42 fee for �urposes of pa n�n�the processing contractor.
43 (el A convenience fee im�osed b�the Office of Financial Services under this section is in addition to any_
44 fee chaz�e or cost otherwise imposed for a license user assessment sales or pernut fee �oods or service
45 nrovided bv the deparhnent and/or office.
46 �,fl Checks credit char�e or debit cards ar other method of electronic or wire funds transfer account numbers
47 are confidential private or protected nonpublic data for the purposes of the Minnesota Government Data
48 Practices Act.
Requested by Office of:
Adopted by Council: Date � � �a-pp�
Adoption Certified by Council Secretary
By: F .
Approved by Mayor: Date /r(({q/� �� Lcr/r
By: �
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Form A ed by City Attorney
B y ` ��T � �
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Approved by Mayor for Submission to
Council
B v � r' � �'U(l" �
G:\UsersUxe�Forms�acceptcreditcard resl.wpd
DATE INRUITED
ofFinancial ServicesfTreasury , ���y i2, zooi
'PERSON&PHONE
bSSIGN
TOTAL # OF SIGNATURE PAGES
01-11�}
GREEN SHEET NO 101164
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amending the Adminisdative Code to expand the methods of payment to indude:
1) Accepring checks, credit, charge, or debit cards, or other methods of electronic or wire funds transfer for payment of govemment service transactions;
2) Aut}�orizing the Office ofFinancial Services to negotiate contracts with the appropriate entities to process noncash payments for all City
depaRmenis; and
3) Allowing a convenience fee to be added to each transaction based on actual costs charged by a processing contractor.
or
PLANNING CAMMISSION
CIB COMMITTEE
CIVIL SERVICE COMMiSSION
all
I/i'
1. Has this pereoNfimi ever wnrked un0et a coM2ct For this department4
YES NO
2. Has this persoNfirm eve[ been a city employee?
YES NO
3 Does th�s persoNfirtn possess a skill not normaily possessed by any curten[ cily employee�
VES NO
4. Is this persoNfirm a targeted vendoR
YES NO
sheet and at[ach to areen sheet
1) Although in practice the City accepts forms of payment other than cash, no foimat authority culrently e�sts to authorize acceptance of
noncash payments. -
2, 3) The City's current processing contractor, Wells Fazgo, charges appro�mately 2.5% of sales for processing credit cazd charges. The
processinQ fees are paid bv the denarhnents from the revenues co]lected for the service. .
1) The City will be authorized to accept forms of payment other than cash. J ��'
f �, at��
2) The City, as a whole, will be able to negotiate lower processing fees based on higher sales volume. �tf`°��
3) The City wi11 have the opportunity to recover lost revenues due to credit card processing fees. ,. ����v.8
P.S9
ADVANTAGESIFAPPROVED
1) N/A
2) N/A
3) Customers may be charged a convenience fee if they use charge cards to pay for City servi
ADVANTAGESIFNOTAPPROVED
1) The City will not be fovnally authorized to accept payments in foans other than cash.
2) The City will be chazged higher processing fees.
3) The CitY will not be authorized to recover lost revenues due to credit card otwessinz fees.
AMOUNT OF TRANSACTION S
(FJ(PWN)
COSTIREVENUE BUDGEfED (GIRCLE ON�
ACTIVITV NUMBER
VES NO
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Q��Gf�AL
ORDINANCE
Council File # �l+��y
Green Sheet # { O `�
CITY OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA
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Presented By
Referred To � � Committee: Date
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An amendment to the Saint Paul Admivistrative Code to add a Chapter 97 providing methods of payment to
the city by which: the city may accept checks, credit, chazge or debit cards, or other methods of electronic or
wire funds transfer for payment in government services transactions, including electronic transactions; the
office of financial services may contract with one or more entities for the purposes of enabling the city to
accept and process such transacrions; all city depariments shall process such transactions through contracts
negotiated by the office of financial services unless that office grants a waiver; such contracts must be
approved by the office of financial services; the office of financial services may impose a convenience fee
added to such transactions; the process is provided to set the amount of such fee and the fee notification
required to be made to the person using the transacrion service; the appropriation is made to the city
deparhnent which coliects the fees; the convenience fee is in addition to other charges imposed for a license,
user, assessment, sales or permit fee, goods or services provided by a city department; checks, credit, charge
or debit cazd, or other method of electronic or wire funds transfer account numbers are confidential, private or
protected nonpubiic data for the purposes of the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1
Saint Paul Legislative Code is hereby amended to add a Chapter 47 and Section 97.01 to read as follows:
Chapter 97. Payment to the Citv
Sec. 97.01 Methods of Pavment to the Citv
(a) For purposes of this section, the followinQ definitions applv:
� "citd' means the City of Saint Paul and any of its deparhnents and offices.
� "government services transaction" means the conduct of business between the citv and an
individual or business entity where the individual ar business enti is pavinQ a license, user,
assessment, sales, or permit fee or purchasin�¢oods or services.
� "electronic transacrion" means the conduct of business between the citv and an individual or
business entitv, includin� but not limited to, via the Internet electronic method of transmission
of data
27 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law rule or reeulation to the contrary the city may acce�t
28 checks, credit char�e or debit cazds, or other methods of electronic or wire funds transfer for payxnent in
29 govemment services transactions, includin¢ electronic transactions.
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*'�;jp�j;�
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o�-t��t
30 (cl The Office of Financial Services may contract with one or more entities for the purposes of enabling the
31 citv to accept and process checks credit chaz�e or debit cazds or other electronic or wire financial
32 transactions All citv depzrtments shall process their checks eredit char¢e or debit cards and other electronic
33 or wire transaction throu¢h the contracts neeotiated by the Office of Financial Services unless the Director of
34 Financial Services erants a waiver allowin�a department to neeotiate its own contract with an entitv. These
35 contracts must be approved bv the Director of Financial Services.
36 L) Subiect to any other law to the contrarv the Office of Financial Services may impose a convenience fee to
37 be added to each transaction. The total amount of such convenience fees will be based on actual costs char¢ed
38 b�processing contractor for such transaction services. The actual costs will be detennined in accordance
39 with established accountina and treasUTXprocedures by the Office of Financial Services. Each department
40 with a convenience fee must norify the oerson usin�the transaction services of the fee before the transaction
41 is nrocessed Fees collected under this section are a�ropriated to the denartment and/or office collecting the
42 fee for �urposes of pa n�n�the processing contractor.
43 (el A convenience fee im�osed b�the Office of Financial Services under this section is in addition to any_
44 fee chaz�e or cost otherwise imposed for a license user assessment sales or pernut fee �oods or service
45 nrovided bv the deparhnent and/or office.
46 �,fl Checks credit char�e or debit cards ar other method of electronic or wire funds transfer account numbers
47 are confidential private or protected nonpublic data for the purposes of the Minnesota Government Data
48 Practices Act.
Requested by Office of:
Adopted by Council: Date � � �a-pp�
Adoption Certified by Council Secretary
By: F .
Approved by Mayor: Date /r(({q/� �� Lcr/r
By: �
-�C$R: / - . - _
��� /'�L!/. , i
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... .�+�', � ,��, ;:
Form A ed by City Attorney
B y ` ��T � �
1 �
Approved by Mayor for Submission to
Council
B v � r' � �'U(l" �
G:\UsersUxe�Forms�acceptcreditcard resl.wpd
DATE INRUITED
ofFinancial ServicesfTreasury , ���y i2, zooi
'PERSON&PHONE
bSSIGN
TOTAL # OF SIGNATURE PAGES
01-11�}
GREEN SHEET NO 101164
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❑Z OIYATiOPMEY �� ❑ OfYCIFRK
� F11RpCAN1.SERYICFB �S iZLU1CNI.SFAVIAttTC
� WYOR10R0.4SIbT/Jlfl ❑Tmnw�Y
(CLIP ALL LOCATIONS FOR SIGNATUR�
amending the Adminisdative Code to expand the methods of payment to indude:
1) Accepring checks, credit, charge, or debit cards, or other methods of electronic or wire funds transfer for payment of govemment service transactions;
2) Aut}�orizing the Office ofFinancial Services to negotiate contracts with the appropriate entities to process noncash payments for all City
depaRmenis; and
3) Allowing a convenience fee to be added to each transaction based on actual costs charged by a processing contractor.
or
PLANNING CAMMISSION
CIB COMMITTEE
CIVIL SERVICE COMMiSSION
all
I/i'
1. Has this pereoNfimi ever wnrked un0et a coM2ct For this department4
YES NO
2. Has this persoNfirm eve[ been a city employee?
YES NO
3 Does th�s persoNfirtn possess a skill not normaily possessed by any curten[ cily employee�
VES NO
4. Is this persoNfirm a targeted vendoR
YES NO
sheet and at[ach to areen sheet
1) Although in practice the City accepts forms of payment other than cash, no foimat authority culrently e�sts to authorize acceptance of
noncash payments. -
2, 3) The City's current processing contractor, Wells Fazgo, charges appro�mately 2.5% of sales for processing credit cazd charges. The
processinQ fees are paid bv the denarhnents from the revenues co]lected for the service. .
1) The City will be authorized to accept forms of payment other than cash. J ��'
f �, at��
2) The City, as a whole, will be able to negotiate lower processing fees based on higher sales volume. �tf`°��
3) The City wi11 have the opportunity to recover lost revenues due to credit card processing fees. ,. ����v.8
P.S9
ADVANTAGESIFAPPROVED
1) N/A
2) N/A
3) Customers may be charged a convenience fee if they use charge cards to pay for City servi
ADVANTAGESIFNOTAPPROVED
1) The City will not be fovnally authorized to accept payments in foans other than cash.
2) The City will be chazged higher processing fees.
3) The CitY will not be authorized to recover lost revenues due to credit card otwessinz fees.
AMOUNT OF TRANSACTION S
(FJ(PWN)
COSTIREVENUE BUDGEfED (GIRCLE ON�
ACTIVITV NUMBER
VES NO
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