City of Baltimore - File #: 09-0152R

• File #: 09-0152R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing - SmartBoot
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 9/21/2009
• In control: Land Use and Transportation Committee
• Final action: 1/25/2010
• Title: Informational Hearing - SmartBoot FOR the purpose of requesting the Director and the Chief of Safety of the Department of Transportation to report to the City Council on the status of the PayLock SmartBoot system, citizen response to the institution of self-release vehicle immobilization devices, and the efficacy of the 24/7 Boot Release Help Center in the processing of payments and collection of fees owed to the City by parking ticket scofflaws.
• Sponsors: President Young, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, William H. Cole, IV, Sharon Green Middleton, Belinda Conaway, Warren Branch, Edward Reisinger, Bill Henry, Mary Pat Clarke, Agnes Welch
• Indexes: Resolution, Smartboot

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/25/2010	0	City Council	Adopted
1/25/2010	0	Land Use and Transportation Committee	Recommended Favorably
12/10/2009	0	Land Use and Transportation Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
9/24/2009	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
9/24/2009	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
9/21/2009	0	City Council	Introduced
9/21/2009	0	City Council	Assigned

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Young

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Informational Hearing - SmartBoot

FOR the purpose of requesting the Director and the Chief of Safety of the Department of Transportation to report to the City Council on the status of the PayLock SmartBoot system, citizen response to the institution of self-release vehicle immobilization devices, and the efficacy of the 24/7 Boot Release Help Center in the processing of payments and collection of fees owed to the City by parking ticket scofflaws.
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In early November 2008, the Administration announced an upgrade of the Department of Transportation’s boot/tow operations as part of an overall parking enforcement and scofflaw enforcement program. PayLock, an innovative new program, features a new technology called SmartBoot that is designed to make payment and release easier for booted motorists.

At the beginning of the announcement, there were over 25,000 vehicles with 3 or more delinquent parking tickets on file, accounting for more than $69 million in outstanding debt owed to the City. It was the goal of the City to use the new program to pursue the most serious parking violators who have ignored all tickets, as well as several mailings notifying them of their delinquency.

The PayLock SmartBoot system is intended to provide a full service parking enforcement and collection program. The owners of ...