To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dan Mierzwa, Treasurer-Tax Collector
Report Title: APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Treasurer-Tax Collector (TTC) or designee to execute a contract amendment with Grant Street Group, Inc. to extend the term from September 16, 2023 to September 16, 2027, for processing of property tax payments by credit/debit card and electronic check payments and no increase to the payment limit. (No Fiscal Impact)
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Treasurer-Tax Collector (TTC) or designee to execute a contract amendment with Grant Street Group, Inc. to extend the term from September 16, 2023 to September 16, 2027, for processing of property tax payments by credit/debit card and electronic check payments and no increase to the payment limit. (No Fiscal Impact)
FISCAL IMPACT:
Service fees will be paid by individual taxpayers using the system to make credit card/debit card payments. The county will not incur costs to accept credit/debit cards. The Automated Clearing House (ACH) validation will assess a $0.30 per ACH validation to the county. This service is intended to reduce ACH fraud as well as invalid ACH transactions and continue to allow TTC to be in compliance with the National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA). There is no cost for the Grant Street's Cashiering System.
BACKGROUND:
The Treasurer-Tax Collector accepts tax payments by credit/debit cards and electronic check payments utilizing Grant Street Group, Inc. In 2019, upon completion of an extensive Request for Proposal ("RFP"), TTC selected, approved by the Board of Supervisors, Grant Street Group, Inc. to process property tax payments by credit/debit cards and electronic check payments. Over the past four years, Grant Street Group, Inc. has successfully processed tax payments in accordance with the agreement, with no cost to the County for the Cashiering System. During the renewal ...
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