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Dept/ Agency: Finance
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Concession Contract (Third Party Payment Collections)
Purpose: To award a contract for private collection of debt for the City of Newark Municipal Court
Entity Name: N/A
Entity Address: N/A
Contract Amount: $N/A
Funding Source: N/A
Contract Period: N/A
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( X ) n/a
Additional Information:
Resolution to authorize (initiate) competitive contracting pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-4.5
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WHEREAS, the Newark Municipal Court has exhausted all judicial enforcement remedies permitted by law or court rule, N.J.S.A. 2B:19-6(a); and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark ("City") desires to award a contract for the private collection of debt for the City of Newark Municipal Court ("Court"); and
WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 2B:19-6, authorizes the use of private collection agencies to collect outstanding debt payable to municipal courts; and
WHEREAS, the Supreme Court of the State of New Jersey, has issued rules and procedures governing the collection of Municipal Court Debt Under L. 2009, C.233, dated March 31, 2011, and it is the intention of the Court to comply with such rules and procedures; and
WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-4.1 specifically authorizes the City to use competitive contracting to award a concession contract; and
WHEREAS, the public need to award a concession is to increase the collection rate of debt owed the Municipal Court and the concession to be awarded is a contract to a vendor who will provide collection services to the City for debt owed the Municipal Court; and
WHEREAS, existing methods to collect debt have fallen short of the optimal level needed and the proposed method of collection ...
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