Lake County treasurer outlines 2024 tax-collection changes, technology upgrades and enforcement plans

Patrick Sullivan, Lake County treasurer-tax collector, presented the office's 2024 accomplishments and plans for 2025 to the Lake County Board of Supervisors, reporting completed banking and software procurements, increased lockbox processing and consolidation of court-related collections into the Treasurer-Tax Collector's Office.

Sullivan said the office completed requests for qualifications for custodial banking services and short-term rental software and selected a vendor called Deckard to assist with identification and audits of short-term rental operators. "They'll help identify short term rental locations," Sullivan said, adding the tool may assist other county departments such as code enforcement and planning.

The treasurer highlighted operational changes he said will streamline collections. "We are consolidating all of that court related enforcement into our office, which will streamline it," Sullivan said, describing a merger of probation-held case records into the county's collections system. He said that consolidation required significant upgrades and remains a work in progress but is…