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AGENDA DATE February 12, 1996 REQUESTED BY C thia Alexander Finance _ REPORT; RESOLUTION; XX ORDINANCE; Attachments: Contract The City's current contract with Dexter Joyner for Delinquent Tax Collections expires February 25, 1996. City staff has negotiated with Mr. Joyner over the last three months to arrive at a new contract. At this time, City staff is willing to enter into a new two year contract with Mr. Joyner. The contract terms that have been agreed to include reimbursement to the City for the cost of computer system improvements which include software license, installation, data conversion, training and miscellaneous hardware improvements. In essence, the contract calls for reimbursement to the City for the system at 50~ of the collection fees collected on behalf of the attorney with a floor of $15,000 and a ceiling of $30,000 each year. The costs reimbursed to the City will be tied to its actual costs. With the amount of outstanding delinquent taxes, the City expects to fully recover the cost of the system. If the costs are not recovered from Mr. Joyner during the two year term, they will be a negotiation item for a future contract. Both the City and Mr. Joyner recognize that more emphasis needs to be placed on the collection of Delinquent Taxes and we believe the addition of the tax software, coupled with increased efforts on the Attorney's part, will reduce our delinquent tax outstanding amount, which has increased to an unacceptable amount. Other terms of the contract include very detailed descriptions of each party's responsibilities as well as specifics which are to be included in monthly performance reports. The payments to Mr. Joyner are set by State Law at 15$ of the delinquent tax amount collected and are an add on fee paid by the taxpayer. ACTION REQUIRED BY COUNCIL: Approve or reject Ordinance authorizing City Manager to enter into a contract with Dexter D. Joyner for the collection of delinquent ad valorem property taxes. FUND N/A ACCT NUM: APPROVED F0R1'11CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ~~ I~t~.~ ROBERT T HERRERA, CITY MANAGER FUNDS AVAILABLE: a.- ~-tip DATE