They will use QR codes to improve control and prevent corruption
The Directorate of Plazas and Markets of the Municipality is carrying out a modernization process of the fee collection system for vendors who occupy public space, with the aim of achieving greater control, order, and preventing acts of corruption by the personnel who perform these tasks.
The head of the department, Víctor Ramos Galindo, reported that there will be a mobile application that can be used on devices under the charge of the collection staff, through which a barcode or QR code registration will be made for each and every street vendor who has a temporary permit or card.
Currently, the payment of the right to occupy space is guaranteed by the delivery of tickets as proof, but with this new mechanism, that obsolete method will be left behind and all information will be kept in a system.
In addition, as the registration of street vendors is carried out, a more updated registry will be available, and even heat maps of areas that may show an increase in the presence of informal traders in specific neighborhoods or sectors of the city, since each payment made will be recorded and geolocated according to the location of the merchants.
"Mayor Román Alberto Cepeda had asked us to make these adjustments and continuity will be given, the instruction will be followed to have the most modern and updated department with technology," said the director of Plazas and Markets of Torreón.
He mentioned that the devices have already been acquired and now only the training of the collection staff needs to be developed, in addition to fine-tuning some operational details that allow the best use of this technology.
Ramos Galindo pointed out that progress has also been made in printing the formats that will be used for this new collection system; badges with codes will have to be made to identify the personnel in charge of that work, which will also allow control over what they collect, since the information they capture will be linked to an operations center of the Municipal Treasury.
The Directorate of Plazas and Markets has 12 inspectors and 13 collectors, who are operating normally, with the same schedules and responsibilities.
