To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dan Mierzwa, Treasurer-Tax Collector
Report Title: Payment to Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions.
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Auditor - Controller, or designee, on behalf of the Treasurer - Tax Collector, to pay $15,185.12 to Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions, for access to online applications for research supporting tax collection, from August 1, 2023, to December 31, 2024, as recommended by the Treasurer - Tax Collector.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This payment will be funded 100% by General Fund revenues.
BACKGROUND:
The Treasurer - Tax Collector currently utilizes Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions for access to online investigative tools for tax collection, including but not limited to, people search, property search, business records, death records, social security report, email search report and motor vehicle searches. Beginning August 1, 2015, the Treasurer-Tax Collector had a contract in place with Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions, which automatically renewed until July 31, 2023. Throughout this contractual period, payments were made to Lexis Nexis pursuant to blanket purchase orders.
The Treasurer-Tax Collector has been collaborating with Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions to enter into a new contract for access to the above-mentioned online investigative tools. During the process of negotiating a new contract, the prior contract expired due to unanticipated delays in the process.
Despite the expiration of the former contract, the Treasurer-Tax Collector has had uninterrupted access to Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions' services, and the department has utilized such services. With respect to the services that Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions provided between August 1, 2023 and December 31, 2024, the Auditor-Controller may be authorized to make payments for the reasonable value of Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions' services under the equitable relief principle of quantum meruit. The ...
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