Explanation
Background: This legislation will authorize the City Attorney to modify and extend by sixteen additional months the existing contracts previously modified and extended by Ordinance 0781-2018 with collection agents Linebarger, Goggan, Blair & Sampson LLP, Capital Recovery Systems, Inc., and Apelles, LLC 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 used to pay the associated collection costs due.
The additional time requested is needed for the continuity of the service due to operational changes in the City Attorney’s office and the Income Tax Division of the City Auditor’s office. The City Attorney will rebid the contracts in the Fall of 2019.
Emergency: Emergency declaration is requested so the collection process can continue without interruption.
Contract Compliance Numbers:
Linebarger, Goggan, Blair & Sampson, LLP, 74-2864602 expires 04/13/2019
Capital Recovery Systems Inc., 31-1570459 expires 04/13/2019
Apelles, LLC, 41-2104380 expires 01/24/2020
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 monies collected are remitted to the city and invoices from the collection agencies are paid from the funds collected.
Title
To authorize the appropriation and expenditure of up to $1,255,000.00 from the Collection Fees fund; to authorize the City Attorney to modify and extend the contracts with Linebarger, Goggan, Blair & Sampson LLP, Capital Recovery Systems, Inc., and Apelles, LLC for the collection of delinquent acco...
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