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COUNCIL ACTION
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE:
APRIL 16, 2012
TITLE:
AGREEMENT AMENDMENT FOR MERCHANT
PAYMENT SERVICES WITH TRANSFIRST, LLC
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CITY MANAGER
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CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY:
APPROVED
? As Recommended
? As Amended
? Ordinance on 1s` Reading
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? Implementing Resolution
? Set Public Hearing For_
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Authorize the City Manager and the Clerk of the Council to amend agreement with TransFirst, LLC
for the processing of credit card payments in an aggregate limit not to exceed $165,000, during
the extension of the Agreement through September, 2012.
DISCUSSION
The Treasury Division of the Finance and Management Services Agency is responsible for
maintaining all banking related services for the City. A component of banking is payment
processing. Currently, customers are able to use a credit card to pay City of Santa Ana fees or
charges. Acceptance of a credit card as a form of payment involves utilizing a merchant service
company to process credit cards through Mastercard or Visa. TransFirst, LLC is the City's
merchant service company. TransFirst presents all MasterCard and Visa transactions on behalf of
the City for a (discount) fee as dictated in part by MasterCard and Visa. A renewal of the
amended agreement with TransFirst, LLC is needed for the processing of credit card payments for
a total not to exceed $165,000 annually.
FISCAL IMPACT
Total contract cost of the agreement is estimated to be $165,000. Funds are available in various
department accounts (various 62300).
Francisco Gutierrez
Executive Director
Finance & Management Services Agency
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FOURTH AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT
THIS FOURTH AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT (this "Amendment") is entered into
on April 16, 2012, by and between TransFirst Health and Government Services, LLC
("Consultant") and the City of Santa Ana, a charter city and municipal corporation of the State of
California ("City").
RECITALS:
A. The City and Consultant entered into Consultant Agreement # N-2004-024 dated March 1,
2004 (hereinafter the "Agreement") pursuant to which Consultant has provided credit card
payment processing services for City utility bill customers.
B. By First Amendment A-2007-051, dated February 20, 2007, the parties agreed that
Consultant provide Electronic Bill Payment Processing services, added compensation to pay
for services and extended the term of said Agreement.
C. By Second Amendment A-2008-198, dated July 7, 2008, and Third Agreement A-2009- ,
dated April 6, 2009, the parties agreed to extend the term and increase compensation to pay
for services during the extended term.
D. The parties now wish to again amend the Agreement to document their continued agreement
that Consultant will continue to provide payment processing services, add compensation to
pay for services during the extended term, and extend the term of said Agreement.
WHEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants contained in said Agreement, and subject to all
the terms and conditions of said Agreement, except those amended in this First Amendment to
Agreement, the parties agree as follows:
1. Section La., COMPENSATION, shall be amended to read as follows:
"The City agrees to pay, and Consultant agrees to accept as total payment for its services,
the rates and charges set forth in Exhibit 1, to the First Amendment to Agreement. The
total sum to be expended during the term commencing March 1, 2010, through
September 30, 2012, shall not exceed $165,000."
Section 2, TERM, shall be amended to extend the termination date to September 30,
2012. In order to provide uninterrupted services, the parties agree that any services
provided by Consultant between March 1, 2010 and the date of this Fourth Amendment
to Agreement, shall be included within the scope of services of said Agreement.
3. Except as hereinabove modified, all terms and conditions of said Agreement shall remain
in full force and effect.
Signatures on following page
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Fourth Amendment to
Agreement on the date and year first written above.
ATTEST:
CITY OF SANTA ANA
MARIA D. HUIZAR
Clerk of the Council
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
JOSEPH STRAKA
Interim City Attorney
By:
Laura Sheedy
Assistant City Attorney
PAUL M. WALTERS
Interim City Manager
TRANSFIRST HEALTH AND
GOVERNMENT SERVICES
By:
CHRISTY COREY
President
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