Council seeks more data before extending collections contract after $13.7M reported recovered
The Department of Appeals and Hearings reported its collections contractor has recovered about $13.7 million since contract placements in March 2022. Council members asked for a detailed breakdown of collections, fees paid to the vendor, and the program’s impact on residential owners and seniors and voted to bring the contract back in one week.
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Detroit — The City of Detroit’s Department of Appeals and Hearings told the council that a collections vendor placed on the department’s files has recovered roughly $13,700,000 since placements began in March 2022, but council members asked for a line-by-line accounting of what was collected, what the vendor was paid and how funds are returned to the city’s general fund.
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