City council questions parking firm on compliance

City council questions parking firm on compliance

JAKARTA (JP): The city council is checking a company operating city parking places to see whether the company complies with government parking revenue regulations, a councilor said.

Ali Wongso of the commission D in charge of city development said PT Securindo Packtama Indonesia (SPI) could not give accurate earnings figures to councilors during a meeting yesterday.

"We do not know if the company violates any regulation now, but we are definitely checking the possibilities," Ali said.

The city administration requires private parking management companies to give 25 percent of ticket earnings to the city parking authority. The money is added to the city's income.

Ali said the check was also being done because SPI's representative could not give the exact number of parking places it operated and only gave an estimate of 30 parking places.

Some of the parking places are licensed under SPI's name while others are managed under contract with building owners, he said, noting that managing parking places under different companies might be illegal.

Ali said the city council have records of only 14 parking places the company operates including several Hero Supermarket parking lots and at Senayan Plaza.

"I am sure a company can manage parking places using another business license only with permission of the governor and the city council," he said.

"Although there is no ruling regarding this kind of management, the governor will take firm action if the company's proven to violate the municipality's regulation," he said.

Ali said another meeting would be held by the city council to discuss the issue during which the company would have to report the number of parking places it operated and the revenue it earned.

He said the important thing was not the amount of money the company pays but the service it provided for the public without creating traffic havoc. (02)