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MOORPARK CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA REPORT
TO: Honorable City Council
FROM: Michael Atkin, Recreation Manager
DATE: January 16, 2008 (CC Meeting of 2/6/08)
SUBJECT: Consider Removal and Retention of Public Pay Phones at Certain
City Facilities
DISCUSSION
Our current pay phone provider, AT&T, has notified the City that it will no longer provide
and maintain public pay phones. They have referred the City to Pacific
Telemanagement Services (PTS), a private pay phone provider, should the City wish to
continue to house pay phones at certain public locations.
Currently, there are public pay phones at the following City facilities: Arroyo Vista
Community Park, Campus Canyon Park, Glenwood Park, Miller Park, Poindexter Park,
the Moorpark Community Center, Moorpark City Library and . the Moorpark Police
Services Center (MPSC). The MPSC has two pay phones in the public lobby. At one
time there were pay phones at each park, with a few exceptions. The phones were
operated and maintained by AT&T at no cost to the City. AT&T kept the revenue
generated by phone use. Over the years AT&T began eliminating the pay phones, due
to lack of use (most likely in response to the popularity of cell phones). Prior to removing
the phones, AT&T gave the City the option of retaining the phones for a monthly service
fee for between $53.50 and $83.94 per month depending on the location and respective
maintenance costs.
PTS will provide and maintain public pay phones for a monthly fee of $53.00. The
change over in vendors provides an opportunity to re-examine the desirability of pay
phones at certain sites. Staff recommends that the City retain a public pay phone at
Arroyo Vista Community Park, the Community Center, the Moorpark City Library and
only one at the MPSC, due to the large number of individuals who frequent those
locations. This means one of the two pay phones in the MPSC would be removed.
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FISCAL IMPACT
PTS's cost per phone is $50.00 per month plus a $3.00 monthly processing fee for a
total of $53.00 per month. Current cost for pay phone service through AT&T is between
$53.50 and $83.94 per month per phone. Total monthly payments to AT&T for phones
at all existing locations is $682.
Removing the pay phones from the suggested locations and the lower monthly fees
offered by PTS would result in a decrease in the monthly cost for pay phone service to a
total of $265.00 per month, a monthly saving of $417.00, or $5,004 annually. The pay
phones in the parks are funded by the Park Maintenance Assessment and the pay
phones in the City's buildings are funded by the General Fund.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Approve the removal and retention of public pay phones as outlined in the Agenda
Report.
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