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City collections office tells Ethics Commission how unpaid fines are pursued
Summary
The Bureau of Delinquent Revenues described referral criteria, outreach steps, and enforcement tools — from letters and phone calls to small‑claims suits, wage garnishment and long‑term judgment enforcement — and said cases typically move to court about six months after referral when outreach fails.
Officials from the city’s Bureau of Delinquent Revenues (BDR) gave the Ethics Commission an overview of how the city pursues unpaid fines referred by departmental clients.
Jeff Schmeichel, an assistant director at BDR, said referrals generally come after 90 days of delinquency. BDR automatically sends letters within days of referral, attempts phone and email contact, and performs skip tracing for bad addresses. If outreach fails, BDR may set payment arrangements, pursue…
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