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)