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Linebarger tells Sunnyvale council how collections work; firm reports about $167,000 collected last year

Sunnyvale Town Council · November 10, 2025
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Summary

Linebarger (collection counsel) presented its delinquent tax and fines-and-fees activity for Sunnyvale, describing collections processes (skip-tracing, phone outreach, pay agreements) and reporting roughly $167,000 in delinquent-tax collections and $125,000 in fines/fees collections since May 2019 under the town contract.

Brandon Lane of the Linebarger collection team briefed Sunnyvale's Town Council on the firm's delinquent tax and fines-and-fees work for the town and highlighted the methods and results of their collection program.

Lane said the firm does not bill the town directly; rather, the firm's fee is added to a delinquent taxpayer's bill under the collection process. "So the town…

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