ATTORNEYS AT LAW
May 10,2005
City of Denton
PurchasingDePartment
Attention: Tom Shaw, Purchasing Agent
901-B TexasStreet
Denton, Texas76209
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We have an excellent history of successfor our clients, backed by a dedicatedteam
your City for the fifteen
committed professionals. All of our ad valorem tax servicesare being offered to
no cost to your City for any of our
percent(15%) penalty paid by the delinquenttaxpayerand there will be
collectionservices.
to make an oral
We appreciatethis opportunity to submit a proposal to you and would welcome the ability
questions
p.es*niationto eithei yor. proposal review committeeor to the entire Council. If you have any
pleasedon't hesitateto contact me.
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Re: Request for Proposal for Services of Delinquent Tax Attorney: RFP 3335
Thank you for your Request for Proposal for services of Delinquent Tax Attorney. Pursuant to your
r e q u e s t ,M c C r e a r y , V e s e l k a , B r a g g & A l l e n , P . C . , i s p l e a s e dt o s u b m i t t h i s P r o p o s a l t o t h e C i t y o f D e n t o n .
O u r l a w f i r m h a s r e p r e s e n t e dt a x i n g j u r i s d i c t i o n s i n D e n t o n C o u n t y s i n c e 1 9 7 9 . W e h a v e r e p r e s e n t e dt h e
County since 1985. We believe that we have provided the highest quality of serviceto both our clients and
taxpayers that has enabled the County and our other clients to collect taxes in an efficient and productive
manner.
The information following this letter is a detailed description of our delinquent property tax collection
program. The program presented in this Proposal is fully implemented and is very successful. This is
proven by the fact that we collected 74.64"h of the 2002 County taxes that were turned over to us for
collection on July 1,2003, in the first year following the turnover, while at the same time reducing the
2 0 0 2 a n d p r i o r d e l i n q u e n t t a x r o l l b y 4 9 . 6 7 % . A l s o w e h a v e c o l l e c t e d 7 3 . 3 7 o / oo f t h e 2 0 0 3 C o u n t y t a x e s
that were turned over to us for collection on July 1,2004, in only nine months, while at the same time
r e d u c i n g t h e 2 0 0 3 a n d p r i o r d e l i n q u e n tt a x r o l l b y 5 3 . 7 0 % .
T h e C i t y h a s s e t a s t a n d a r dc o l l e c t i o n r e q u i r e m e n to f n o t l e s s t h a t s i x t y p e r c e n t ( 6 0 % ) o f t h e t o t a l d o l l a r
value of the adjusted base tax of each delinquent tax year subject to the contract while at the same time
reducing the cumulative delinquent tax roll by not less than thirty percent (30%), together with a penalty
o f T e n T h o u s a n d D o l l a r s ( $ 1 0 , 0 0 0 ) t o b e i m p o s e d b y t h e C i t y i n t h e e v e n t t h e s e g o a l s a r e n o t r e a c h e d .W e
a r e s o c o n f i d e n t i n t h e s u c c e s so f o u r p r o g r a m t h a t w e g u a r a n t e e a s e v e n t y - f i v e p e r c e n t ( 7 5 0 ) c o l l e c t i o n
goal for the current year taxes and a fifty percent (50%) reduction goal for the cumulative delinquent
tax roll each year with a Ten Thousand Dollar ($10,000) penalty in the event these goals are not
reached.
We would consider it a privilege to represent the City of Denton as your delinquent tax attorneys and look
f o r w a r d t o t h e e x t e n s i o n o f t h i s s u c c e s s f u lp r o g r a m t o i n c l u d e t h e C i t v o f D e n t o n .
Sincerelv.
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Gilbert T. Bragg
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Re: R.eferencefor the Law Firm of McCreary, Veselka, Bragg and Allen
Greetings
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Git Bragg, the partner in charge in this area, is a valuable resourcein answering questions
and for interpretation and.3pplicationof the Tax Code, as has been true of other attorneys
in tbiefirm, rvith rvhom I have conferred.
It is a further asset to have an office of the firm here in Denton. which has a non-attorney
sta'f'f,available to talk directly to tax payers in Denton.
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SteveMossman