HomeMy Public PortalAbout037-2012 - General - uniform credit card proceCOMMON COUNCIL
CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA
ORDINANCE 37-2012
A GENERAL ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING ACCEPTANCE OF CREDIT
CARD OR BANK CARD PAYMENTS PURSUANT TO INDIANA CODE 36-1-8
WHEREAS, Indiana Code (IC) 36-1-8-11 generally allows the fiscal body of a political
subdivision to authorize the municipal unit to accept payments by cash,
check, bank draft, money order, bank card or credit card, electronic funds
transfer, or any other financial instrument authorized by the fiscal body;
and
WHEREAS, IC 36-1-8-11(e) specifically allows a fiscal body to authorize the
acceptance of payments with bank cards and credit cards under the
procedures set forth in Section 11 of that Code, provided that the
procedures authorized by the fiscal body for a particular type of payment
must be uniformly applied to all payments of the same type; and
WHEREAS, In accordance with IC 36-1-8-11(g), if there is a service charge for the use
of bank card or a credit card, the City may be authorized by the fiscal body
to pay that applicable service charge; and
WHEREAS, It is in the best interest of the City of Richmond and its citizens that the
Common Council of the City of Richmond as the fiscal body of the City
authorize the acceptance of payments under Section 11 of IC 36-1-8 and
authorize the City to pay any bank card or credit card service charges
applied necessary to implement the uniform credit card procedures for the
City of Richmond.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of
Richmond, Indiana, that the Common Council, as the fiscal body of the City of
Richmond, authorizes the City executive administration to accept bank card or credit card
payments by the methods set forth in IC 36-1-8-11.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the Common Council
of the City of Richmond, Indiana, that the Common Council as the fiscal body of the City
of Richmond authorizes the City executive administration to pay any applicable bank
card or credit card service charges in accordance with IC 36-1-8-1l(g).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the Common Council
of the City of Richmond, Indiana, that the payment of any applicable bank card or credit
card service charges by the City executive administration as authorized above must be
uniformly applied to all payments of the same type as set forth in IC 36-1-8-11(e).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the Common Council
of the City of Richmond, Indiana, that applicable service charges for online bank card or
credit card transactions must be uniform and that any contracts for online merchant
processors that are entered into by the City, its departments, or districts must be approved
by the Board of Works, Parks Board, Sanitary District and/or Stormwater Board, or
Airport Board, as applicable.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the Common Council
of the City of Richmond, Indiana, that this Ordinance will not apply to contracts that are
already in effect on the passage date of this Ordinance, but all future contracts containing
transaction fee provisions must be in accordance with this Ordinance so that the City can
transition into the proper application of uniform transaction fees.
Passed and adopted this _2nd day of _July 2012, by the Common Council of
the City of Richmond, Indiana.
S/S Philip Matthew Quinn President
(Philip Matthew Quinn)
ATTEST: _S/S Karen Chasteen , City Clerk
(Karen Chasteen, IAMC, MMC)
PRESENTED to the Mayor of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this _3rd day of
_July , 2012, at 9:00 a.m.
S/S Karen Chasteen City Clerk
(Karen Chasteen, IAMC, MMC)
APPROVED by me, Sarah L. Hutton, Mayor of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this 3rd
day of _July , 2012, at 9:05 a.m.
_S/S Sarah L. Hutton Mayor
(Sarah L. Hutton)
ATTEST: _S/S Karen Chasteen , City Clerk
(Karen Chasteen, IAMC, MMC)