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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA AGENDA ITEM Assistant County Administrator / Department of General Services CONSENT AGENDA BCC Meeting 01-15-2019 Date: December 7, 2018 To: The Honorable Board of County Commissioners Thru: Jason E. Brown, County Administrator From: Michael C. Zito, Assistant County Administrator Subject: Sandridge Golf Course ETS Credit Card Processing Agreement It is requested that the information herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commission at its regular meeting of January 15, 2019. DESCRIPTIONS AND CONDITIONS: Sandridge Golf Club currently operates a Point of Sale and Tee Time System through EZ Links, LLC, a PGA Tour affiliated company. The system is used to make all of the tee time reservations, keep track of inventory and ring in all cash and credit card transactions. Each year through the Point of Sale system, as well as an online store, the Golf Course processes approximately $2.7 million worth of credit card transactions through ETS, which is compatible with EZ Links. The current rate charged by ETS is 2.26% to process these transactions. The Golf Course has also operated a separate remote credit card machine at the driving range for the past six years on its Range Servant ball machine. Each year the credit card reader at the driving range processes over $75,000.00, and the rate charged by the current provider, USA Technologies, to process these transactions is 4%. The Golf Course has recently upgraded the door of the machine with a new touchscreen but cannot use the old credit card reader, as Range Servant requires ETS as the merchant provider for the new door. This item provides an opportunity to consolidate the credit card processing services at Sandridge Golf Club to one authorized provider all with the same 2.26% processing rate. ANALYSIS: The original agreement with ETS was signed by Jeffrey R. Smith, as the Clerk and Comptroller on September 9, 2014. The Comptroller's Office is in charge of implementing all of the banking services for the County, which had previously included credit card processing. Current policies dictate that the Board of County Commissioners must approve all credit card processing agreements. Fortunately, ETS is currently utilized at Sandridge for the Pro Shop transactions and also for the on-line store. This item adds a third outlet for the ball dispenser door. In addition to adding the 3rd outlet and cancelling the existing provider, this item consolidates the credit card services to one provider at a favorable rate. C:\Users\legistar\AppData\Local\Temp\BCL Technologies\easyPDF 8\@BCL@380F7C6E\@BCL@380F7C6E.doc 15