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Approve and authorize Credit Consulting Services, Inc., to initiate legal action procedures on behalf of the Health Department Environmental Health Bureau, on uncollected debt accounts as part of its debt collections service agreement.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Approve and authorize Credit Consulting Services, Inc., to initiate legal action procedures on behalf of the Health Department Environmental Health Bureau, on uncollected debt accounts as part of its debt collections service agreement.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Health Department Environmental Health Bureau entered into a debt collection service agreement with Credit Consulting Services, Inc. (CCS) for CCS to initiate collection of delinquent accounts that are over ninety days past due on behalf of the County. Amounts due to the County include unpaid annual permit fees and services rendered by staff with no payment received after 120 days. Said Agreement between the County and CCS was entered into on July 1, 2019, for a maximum not to exceed amount of $49,000. Said Agreement was amended on August 30, 2019 to add the "Monterey County Fiscal Policy" as Exhibit B; May 4, 2020 to increase the funds to $69,000 and extend the term to June 30, 2021; November 19, 2020 to replace Exhibit A with exhibit A-1 and revise Section 9.03 Insurance Coverage Requirements with Automobile Liability Insurance Requirements; June 25, 2021 to extend the term of the Agreement to June 30, 2022; May 10, 2022 to extend the term of the Agreement to June 30, 2023. Once these delinquent accounts are transferred to CCS for collection, they become the responsibility of CCS and all payments collected are handled exclusively between the account holder and CCS. A percentage of any collected payments are then disbursed back to the Environmental Health Bureau per the payment provisions outlined in the Agreement and subsequent Amendments.
CCS makes every attempt to contact the acco...
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