(a) The City may enter into a collection agreement with any government or non-government entity to provide services in processing and collecting delinquent fines and fees from parking tickets issued by law enforcement officers, and civil judgments and default civil judgments entered pursuant to this chapter. No collection agreement shall affect the responsibilities of hearing examiners, or the ultimate responsibility of the violations clerk, to collect, retain, and disburse fines, fees, penalties, and costs for parking infractions and money paid in satisfaction of judgments and default judgments entered pursuant to this chapter.
(b) In accordance with any collection agreement with a government or non-government entity, a collection service fee shall be assessed to the balance of any unpaid parking tickets. This collection service fee will be established by the collection agreement and will not exceed thirty-three percent of the balance of any unpaid parking ticket fees or fines. This collection service fee will be in addition to any fees or fines owed to the Mayfield Heights Police Department, and those additional fees will be paid to the government or non-government entity upon the collection of all outstanding fines and fees owed to the Mayfield Heights Police Department.
(c) The collection service fee shall be automatically assessed once any account is turned over to a collection agency.
(Ord. 2016-3. Passed 3-14-16.)