IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION authorizing the Manager of the Division of Finance to execute an amendment to the Depository Agreement with UMB Bank to provide for continued lockbox processing and on-line debit tax payments, at an estimated annual cost to the County of $57,750.00.
Intro
RESOLUTION # 14342, October 21, 2002
INTRODUCED BY Ronald E. Finley, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, UMB Bank has served as the County's primary depositary institution since at least 1994; and,
WHEREAS, with the opening of its new Operations and Technology Center in 1999, UMB enhanced its ability to serve its banking customers by providing for imaging and processing of remittance payments, through a "lockbox" system; and,
WHEREAS, by Resolution 13329, dated August 28, 2000, the County contracted with UMB for lockbox processing of tax payments for the 2000 and 2001 tax seasons; and,
WHEREAS, under this system, UMB picked up the County's tax and other payments at the post office several times a day, processed the payments in an electronic format and notified the County so that the proper accounts could be credited, and promptly deposited the payments in the County's account; and,
WHEREAS, this system greatly expedited the County's tax collection process for 2000 and 2001; and,
WHEREAS, UMB now proposes to continue its lockbox processing system for the 2002 and 2003 tax seasons, and to further enhance tax collection procedures by providing for on-line direct debit tax payments, whereunder taxpayers will be able to pay their county property taxes over the internet via electronic checks; and,
WHEREAS, the estimated annual fee for these services is $57,750, which includes a one-time $450 set-up fee for on-line payments; and,
WHEREAS, the County will be able to offset much of this fee with saved overtime salary expenses within the Collection Department; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Leg...
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