Sometimes the day-to-day operations of the most fundamental of citywide responsibilities comes down to the details of a contract.
"The Atlanta City Council voted overwhelmingly Monday to hire a new contractor to run the city’s on-street parking program," reports Dave Williams.
The City Council agreed to the contract with SP Plus-All N One Joint Venture after tabling consideration of the deal in October.
"Under the new contract, the first $7 million in annual revenue generated by the program would go into the city’s general fund, up from $5 million under Atlanta’s current contract with PARKAtlanta, a subsidiary of Wisconsin-based Duncan Solutions Inc.," according to Williams.
One ongoing concern of residents is that the new contract will enable more aggressive ticketing to meet the bottom line of SP Plus-All N One Joint Venture. Mayor Kasim Reed assured that the new contractor will not be overly aggressive in ticketing, but stopped short of returning parking enforcement to the responsibilities of the Atlanta Police Department.
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