Resolutions - Jersey City

Cit Clerk File No.
Agenda No.
Approved:
TITLE:
Resolution of the City
Res. 11-483
10.Z:9
JUL 20 2011
of Jersey City, N.J.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE USE OF COMPETITIVE
CONTRACTING TO AWAR A CONTRACT FOR THE PRIATE
COLLECTION OF DEBT FOR THE JERSEY CITYMUNCIP AL COURTS
COUNCIL OFFERED AN MOVED ADOPTION OF THE FOLLOWIG
RESOLUTION:
WHEREAS, the City of Jersey City (City) desires to award a contract for the
private collection of debt for the Jersey City Municipal Cours (Cours); and
WHEREAS, Section 6 of P.L. 2009, c.9 (C.2B: 19-6) was recently amended to
authorize the use of private collection agencies to collect outstading debt payable
to Muncipal Cours; and
WHEREAS, N.J.A.C. 5:34-9.4 provides that ths contract may be awarded as a
concession and requires the governg body pass a resolution authorizing the
procurement of a concession, and that the resolution shall include the following; and
WHEREAS, the public need to award a concession is to increase the collection
rate of debt owed the Cours, and the concession to be awarded is a contract to a
vendor who will provide collection services to the City for debt owed the Cour:
and
WHEREAS, the considerations, including the benefits and any risks the governng
body took into account in reaching the decision to award a concession were to
provide increased collection of Cour debt which will result in reducing the burden
of the City's tapayers; and
WHEREAS, the estimate of the tota value of the concession is diffcult to predict
because the City has no historywith which to base the value; and
WHEREAS, the estimate of any revenue to be received by the contracting unit is
also indeterminate because the City has no history with which to base the amount of
revenue; and
WHEREAS, the basis of the ward of the concession wil be based on upon several
factors, including but not limited to the percentage of debt the vendor retains atheir
fee, the speed of receipt of payments by the City, the quality and quatity of the
dunng process according to the metrics contaned the City's competitive
contracting Request for Proposal; and
WHEREAS, the cost to be incured by the contracting unt as par of the
concession is indetermnate, because the City hasno history with which to base the
costs incured; and
WHEREAS, there are no services, facilities, or endorsements to be provided by
the contracting unt, and the method to be used to procure the concession is by
competitive contracting: and