To: Board of Supervisors
From: Treasurer/Tax Collector
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Professional Services Agreement with Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP for Third Party Debt Collection Services
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve, and authorize the Chair of the Board to execute, the attached agreement with Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP for third party debt collection services (4/5 vote required); and
2. Direct the Clerk of the Board to submit two (2) executed originals of the attached agreement to the Humboldt County Treasurer-Tax Collector's Office - Revenue Recovery Division.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
General Fund
DISCUSSION:
The Humboldt County Treasurer-Tax Collector's Office - Revenue Recovery Division ("RRD") provides collection services for court ordered debt for the Superior Court. RRD 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 RRD is unable to obtain a current address and/or phone number for the debtor.
Court ordered debt accounts for which collection efforts have been exhausted are placed with the Franchise Tax Board - Court Ordered Collection Department ("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 our community, as well as requited amounts to the state.
There is also non-court ordered debt for other county departments such as Animal Control, Environmental Health, Planning and Building, and the Library which utilize these third-party collection services. Ea...
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