Funny Business II

Miller has since reassigned the tickets to West Capital, and the revenue has increased accordingly: projected gain to the city from the company for March is $173,000. But the reassignment still doesn't include any updated information on ticket scofflaws. Miller says that while his department gets the new information on tape from Municipal Collections, its computers aren't programmed to forward it to West Capital. Miller says the possibility of passing the updated information on to West Capital has been discussed.

Meanwhile, West Capital has begun attending meetings of the courts improvement committee -- a year after it was formed. "They just didn't get pulled in for some reason," is Miller's explanation of the earlier exclusion.

But that's small consolation to the company: In January, Miller informed West Capital that its contract with the city would end in June. The selection process for a replacement has already begun. West Capital did not submit a proposal.

Meanwhile, Municipal Collections learned last week from Miller that the city will be automatically renewing its contract.