146-18 Resolution Authorizing Extension of Contract-TaxServ 2018.pdf

146-18 June 12, 2018 RESOLUTION WHEREAS, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2B:19-6(a), municipalities are authorized to enter into contracts with private collection agencies or firms for the collection of outstanding municipal court debt; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 142-15, the Township entered into an agreement with TaxServ Capital Services N.J., LLC (“TaxServ”) for the private collection of municipal court debt (collectively, the “Agreement”), pursuant to a Competitive Contracting process which was approved by the Administrative Office of the Courts (“AOC”); and WHEREAS, a copy of the Agreement is annexed hereto as Exhibit “B;” and WHEREAS, the Agreement provided that the Agreement would be for a term of three (3) years, with an option to extend for two (2) additional one (1) year extensions; and WHEREAS, the Township’s Municipal Court Administrator recommends extension of the Agreement, as TaxServ has adequately performed its duties, recovered monies on behalf of the Township; and WHEREAS, TaxServ will continue to perform its duties under the Agreement at no cost to the Township; NOW, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE TOWNSHIP COUNCIL OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE that the Mayor and Township Clerk are hereby authorized to execute and attest to, respectively, the Contract Extension annexed hereto as Exhibit “B,” between the Township of West Orange and TaxServ, for the Collection of Outstanding Municipal Court Debt (the “Contract Extension”); and it is further

2 RESOLVED, that the original of the Contract Extension between the Township and TaxServ shall be maintained in the Municipal Clerk’s office. Karen J. Carnevale, R.M.C. Susan McCartney Municipal Clerk Council President Adopted: June 12, 2018 4850-8813-7319, v. 1