Subject:
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Agreement with Stripe, Inc. for credit card processing services and for waiver of Pinellas County’s indemnification requirements per County Resolution No. 06-70.
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Recommended Action:
Recommended Action
Approval and signature by the County Administrator of the agreement with Stripe, Inc. and waiver of the County’s indemnification requirements per County Resolution No. 06-70.
• This agreement provides a mechanism for County departments to accept electronic credit card payments for County goods and services through Stripe’s standard credit card processing account that is compatible with certain County software programs.
• County departments moving to these merchant services include Animal Services, and Parks and Conservation Resources (PCR) as well as other County departments that may decide to participate at a later date.
• Waiver of County Resolution 06-70 by the County Administrator is required in order to modify the County’s indemnification requirements.
• There is no fiscal impact to Pinellas County.
Contact No.: 26-0190-N(AJM) there is no fee to the County associated with this merchant services credit card processing agreement.
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Strategic Priorities:
Smart Service Delivery
4.2 Achieve and maintain a high level of customer satisfaction.
Summary:
This Agreement provides a mechanism for County departments to accept online electronic payments for County goods and services via online credit card processing. This agreement requires the County to indemnify Stripe. The County requested and Stripe will not modify their indemnification language; staff have deemed this low risk due to Stripe’s encryption, tokenization, and third-party detection systems. Stripe does have standard indemnification language for public sector entities which is in this agreement.
Background/Explanation:
Animal Services currently utilizes Clover and has requested to move to Stripe for credit card processing. PCR’s new reservation software is integrated with Stripe as the credit card processor.
Fiscal Impact:
There is no fiscal impact associated with this agreement.
Delegated Authority:
Authority for the County Administrator to sign this agreement and certification statement is granted under Code Section 2-164(a)(3) and County Resolution No. 06-70.
Staff Member Responsible:
Bryan Zumwalt, Director, Office of Technology & Innovation
Merry Celeste, Purchasing Division Director, Office of Management & Budget
Chris Rose, Director, Office of Management and Budget
Partners:
N/A
Attachments:
Agreement