Council hears proposal to switch delinquent-bill collections to TRAC program

Oct 16, 2025

Staff described replacing the town's current collections vendor with TRAC (Tax Refund Exchange and Compliance), run by the Association of Indiana Counties and described in the meeting as a statutory program that flags state returns to recover delinquent amounts; council questioned fees and how recoveries are handled.

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Town staff briefed council on an option to replace the town's current collections vendor, Atlas Collection Agency, with TRAC (Tax Refund Exchange and Compliance), a system operated by the Association of Indiana Counties (AIC). A presenter told council the TRAC program is created by statute and can flag state tax returns when a delinquent bill is in process. The town's use of the system would shift some collection activities from a private vendor model to a state-coordinated flagging system.

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