REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
December 7, 2021
FROM
ENSEN MASON, Auditor-Controller/Treasurer/Tax Collector
SUBJECT
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Introduction of an Ordinance Repealing and Reenacting Chapter 40 of Division 2 of Title 1 of the San Bernardino County Code Relating to the Office of Revenue Recovery
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
1. Consider proposed ordinance repealing and reenacting Chapter 40 of Division 2 of Title 1 of the San Bernardino County Code relating to the Office of Revenue Recovery.
2. Make alterations, if necessary, to proposed ordinance.
3. Approve introduction of proposed ordinance.
• An ordinance of San Bernardino County, State of California, repealing and reenacting Chapter 40 of Division 2 of Title 1 of the San Bernardino County Code, relating to the establishment and responsibilities of the Office of Revenue Recovery.
4. SCHEDULE ORDINANCE FOR FINAL ADOPTION ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2021, on the Consent Calendar.
(Presenter: Douglas R. Boyd, Assistant Auditor-Controller/Treasurer/Tax Collector, 382-7004)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Improve County Government Operations.
Operate in a Fiscally-Responsible and Business-Like Manner.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Approval of this item will not result in the use of additional Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost).
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
On August 20, 1996 (Item No. 41), the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors (Board) adopted Ordinance No. 3662 establishing the Office of Central Collections to provide a collection service for the County as well accounting and collections of court-ordered payments. Ordinance No. 3662 added Chapter 40 - Office of Central Collections - to Division 2 of Title 1 of the San Bernardino County Code. On January 12, 2010 (Item No. 83) and January 26, 2010 (Item No. 75), the Board approved consolidation of the offices of Auditor, Controller, Treasurer, and Tax Collector and appointed the office’s elected official to the position of Director of Central Collections.
The proposed ordinance changes the name Central Collections to Revenue Recovery, establishes the Director as the elected Auditor-Controller/Treasurer/Tax Collector (ATC), and formalizes the function of revenue recovery as a division of ATC. Central Collections has been serving the Courts, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, and County departments for 25 years. In line with the softened collections environment the County is in, ATC would like to rebrand the Central Collections Division as the Revenue Recovery Division.
PROCUREMENT
N/A
REVIEW BY OTHERS
This item has been reviewed by County Counsel (Kristina M. Robb, Principal Assistant County Counsel, 387-5455) on November 3, 2021; Finance (Carl Lofton, Administrative Analyst, 387-5404) on November 18, 2021; and County Finance and Administration (Paloma Hernandez-Barker, Deputy Executive Officer, 387-5423) on November 18, 2021.