To: Board of Supervisors
From: Treasurer/Tax Collector
Agenda Section: Consent
Vote Requirement: 4/5th
SUBJECT:
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Professional Services Agreement with Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP (LGBS) for Third Party Debt Collection Services (4/5 Vote Required)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
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That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve, and authorize the Chair of the Board to execute, the attached agreement with LGBS for third party debt collection services (4/5 Vote Required); and
2. Direct the Clerk of the Board to submit an executed original of the attached agreement to the Humboldt County Treasurer-Tax Collector's Office - Revenue Recovery Division.
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STRATEGIC PLAN:
This action supports the following areas of your Board's Strategic Plan.
Area of Focus: Core Services/Other
Strategic Plan Category: 9999 - Core Services/Other
DISCUSSION:
The Humboldt County Treasurer-Tax Collector's Office - Revenue Recovery Division provides collection services for court ordered debt for the Superior Court. The Revenue Recovery Division continues to collect debt until collection efforts have been exhausted. Exhaustion is determined when the debtor no longer responds to letters and phone calls and/or when Revenue Recovery is unable to obtain a current address and/or phone number for the debtor.
Court-ordered debt accounts with no remaining collection options are referred to the Franchise Tax Board's Court-Ordered Debt Collection Program (FTB-COD). Court ordered debt accounts that do not meet the minimum qualification for submission to the FTB-COD, or that have extended recovery efforts exhausted with FTB-COD, are referred to a third-party collection agency for extended recovery services. Such extended recovery efforts result in additional revenue each month for distribution to specific funds for various departments, programs and providers of service in the community, as well as requited amounts to the state.
There is also non-court ordered debt ...
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