275-22 Resolution Authorizing Extension of Contract with RTR Financial for the Private Collection of Municipal Court Debt - 2022.pdf

275-22 October 25, 2022 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. 209-20, the Township entered into an agreement with RTR Financial Services, Inc. (“RTR”) for the private collection of municipal court debt (collectively, the “Agreement”), and WHEREAS, the Agreement provided that the Agreement would be for a term of two (2) years, with an option to extend it for one (1) additional year; and WHEREAS, the Township’s Municipal Court Administrator recommends extension of the Agreement, as RTR has adequately performed its duties, recovered monies on behalf of the Township; and WHEREAS, RTR 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 “A,” between the Township of West Orange and RTR, for the Collection of Outstanding Municipal Court Debt (the “Contract Extension”); and it is further

RESOLVED, that the original of the Contract Extension between the Township and RTR shall be maintained in the Municipal Clerk’s office. Karen J. Carnevale, R.M.C. Susan McCartney Municipal Clerk Council President Adopted: October 25, 2022 4820-7873-7688, v. 1