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Crockett council hires Linebarger for court collections, authorizes 30% contingency fee and ends prior contract
Summary
City Council approved a package to switch delinquent-fee and municipal-court collections to Linebarger, Goggan, Blair & Sampson, approving a 30% collection fee and terminating the existing contract; council also authorized execution of the new contract and directed implementation steps.
The City Council of Crockett, Texas, voted to contract with Linebarger, Goggan, Blair & Sampson for delinquent municipal-court fines and fees, approved a resolution authorizing a 30% contingency collection fee, authorized execution of the contract and terminated the city's prior collections contract.
City staff introduced the proposal at the meeting, and attorney James Guest, representing Linebarger, told the council the program would cost the city nothing upfront. "You will never be out any money for this project," Guest said, and described automated data-transfer software and statewide skip-tracing and outreach tools intended to increase recoveries.
The council adopted four related actions in sequence: approval of a contingency-fee contract with Linebarger, a resolution authorizing the 30% fee, authorization to execute the city contract with Linebarger, and termination of the prior contract with Purdue,…
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