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Commission selects Collaborative Title Services to handle county tax‑sale title work
Summary
After reviewing two equal bids, commissioners voted to award the county tax‑sale title search work to Collaborative Title Services and directed staff to notify the firm.
Geary County commissioners voted to award the county tax‑sale title-search contract to Collaborative Title Services after receiving comparable bids from two firms.
Staff said both Collaborative Title Services and JayCat (JACAF) submitted equal bids at the same per‑parcel rate. County staff reviewed prior experience and timelines: Collaborative said it could complete many title searches, certificate-of-title ownership tasks and foreclosure‑related work within about four weeks and has multiple offices to scale staff if needed; JayCat said it has long experience working county tax sales but did not provide a specific timeline.
Commissioner discussion favored Collaborative’s detailed response and its capacity to scale. A motion to award the work to Collaborative Title Services passed with an affirmative voice vote.
County staff will notify Collaborative and begin contracting steps to support the upcoming tax sale process; staff also said the county has been working to reduce the outstanding tax list through payments and expects fewer properties on the eventual sale list.
