Explanation
Background: This legislation will authorize the City Attorney to modify, by extending for six additional months, the existing contracts previously authorized by Ordinance 0380-2023, with collection agents Capital Recovery Systems, Inc. and Law Offices of Robert A. Schuerger Co., LPA, and will authorize the payment of court costs and the reimbursement of any overpayments collected from the Collection Fees fund. This fund is generated by fees collected by collection agents and is used to pay the associated collection costs due.
The Request for Proposals issued in 2019, provided for an initial two-year contract with the potential for three additional, consecutive one-year renewal options, for a total of five years maximum. However, rather than renewing for a final one-year period, the City Attorney seeks an additional six months only in order to provide sufficient time to rebid the contracts and to realign the dates of the new contracts and any future renewals of these new contracts to better serve the operational needs of the City Attorney’s office. The additional six months’ time will allow for the continuity of the services while the City Attorney rebids the contracts. The extension will be from February 1, 2024 to July 31, 2024.
Emergency: Emergency declaration is requested so the collection process can continue without interruption.
Contract Compliance Numbers:
Capital Recovery Systems, Inc., 31-1570459, CC005578 expires 04/28/2024
Law Offices of Robert A. Schuerger Co., LPA, 35-2353532, CC017436 expires 02/08/2024
These companies are neither debarred according to the Excluded Party Listing System of the Federal Government nor prohibited from being awarded a contract according to the Auditor of State Unresolved Findings for Recovery Certified Search.
Fiscal Impact: These contracts are self-funding and will result in additional revenues to the general fund. The agents are paid fees from the money they collect. One hundred percent of mon...
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