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Executive direction; fiscal model required before implementation.
The problem
Small local businesses that do work for the city wait far too long to get paid. Slow payment is a tax on the smallest vendors — and it pushes local firms out of doing business with their own city.
The plan
The city commits to paying vendors — including businesses in the TaskTampa vendor network — faster, with payment timelines tracked and published. A fiscal model comes first so faster payment is sustainable, not a one-time gesture.
Payment performance becomes a published metric the city is judged on, quarter after quarter.
How you’ll know it’s working
- Fiscal model for faster payment completed
- Vendor payment timelines published
- Local vendor participation tracked
From the Blueprint
- Moves the city’s top 50 vendors from 3–5 day ACH cycles to instant digital settlement.
- TaskTampa workers get paid the moment a job is marked complete through an instant payout API.
- Permit fees sit in smart-contract escrow and release automatically on cryptographic sign-off by city inspectors.
- Roles: City Insights/CIO on CitySync integration, Finance on vendor onboarding, the TaskTampa team on the worker payout API.
Settlement lag is a hidden tax on the local economy.
Sources and research conditions
S01 pp. 392-394
SOURCE-SUPPORTED; POLICY DECISION APPROVED; FISCAL MODEL
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