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Request for Proposals For Delinquent Tax Collection Attorney For the CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS The City of Paris, Texas is requesting proposals from qualified attorneys or firms to serve the City as Delinquent Tax Collection Attorney. Requested Services: The attorney or firm selected will be required to perform all services incident to the process of collecting delinquent ad valorem taxes due and payable to the City of Paris. The attorney or firm selected will be required to interface directly with the Lamar County Appraisal District, officials of the City of Paris, and other taxing entities. The attorney or firm selected will report directly to the City Attorney of the City of Paris, who shall have direct oversight and provide input and direction where necessary to the selected proposer. The attorney or firm selected will be required to provide written progress reports to the City Attorney on a monthly basis, detailing activity during the previous month with regard to the collection of taxes, tax suits filed, tax suits resolved, and other dispositions of pending matters. In addition, the attorney or firm selected will be expected to interface with the City Attorney on a frequency as deemed necessary or appropriate by the City Attorney. The attorney or firm selected should be prepared to respond to inquiries from the City Attorney regarding specific properties or the disposition of same, the taxes owed thereon, or other related matters on a daily basis. The attorney or firm selected will also be expected to provide occasional legal advice and counsel to the City Attorney on matters related to taxation and tax collection. Background: The City of Paris is a thriving community of approximately 27,000 population, and is the County Seat of Lamar County, Texas. Paris is located approximately ninety (90) miles north and east of the McKinney/Greater Dallas Metro Area and is approximately twenty (20) miles south of the Texas-Oklahoma border. The City has several large industrial taxpayers, including Campbell Soup, Turner Pipe, Kimberly-Clark, Sarah Lee/Earthgrains, Phillips Lighting, and others. Tax collection issues, the amount of delinquency, and the tax collection rate are within the norm for cities of a similar size. The attorney or firm selected will be expected to interface with an ongoing program in which the City is participating called the Homestead Program, whereby delinquent properties which have failed to be purchased through the Sheriff's Sale and have passed the redemption period are pooled for resale to low to moderate income citizens who in turn are required by the terms of the sale to construct new residences on the property. Qualifications: The attorney or firm selected will be a current member of the State Bar of Texas in good standing, with professional memberships in associations, or other Bars as necessary related to the collection of taxes. The attorney or firm selected will be required to provide a proposal and a detailed firm or individual resume with special emphasis on the proposer's experience in the area of taxes and tax collection. The proposal should include all Information necessary to demonstrate the