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City of St. James, MO
Phelps County
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[CC 1985 § 22-3; Ord. No. 806 §§ 1 — 4, 5-3-2004]
A. 
That the Mayor of the City of St. James, Missouri, is authorized pursuant to provisions of Sections 70.220 to 70.320, RSMo., inclusive, and Sections 140.670 to 140.750, RSMo., to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Phelps County Commission and the duly elected Collector of Phelps County (Collector) for the purpose of granting the Collector the power and responsibility, pursuant to the provisions of Section 140.680, RSMo., to collect for the City all taxes.
B. 
It is also determined that each tract of land located in the City shall be charged with the appropriate penalty of each year's delinquency as stated by Sections 52.290 and 140.100, RSMo., and the sum shall also be collected by the Collector.
C. 
As consideration for the Collector's work in collecting City taxes and the use of Phelps County's staff and equipment, the City shall pay the following:
1. 
To compensate the Phelps County Collector and staff for the services provided by him/her at the rate of one percent (1%) of the total amount of taxes and any accrued interest thereon collected by the Collector for the City.
2. 
To compensate Phelps County for the use of the County's software and equipment in the collection of City taxes, Phelps County shall receive the sum of one percent (1%) of all taxes collected by the Collector.
D. 
The term of the contract to be entered into by and between the parties hereto shall commence May 3, 2004, and run to the last day of February 2008. After the initial term, the contract shall be renewable for three-year terms and shall run from March 1 of the renewal year through the last day of February of the third year.
E. 
The contract shall further require that, upon termination without further renewal, the Collector and the Phelps County Commission shall make available to the City any existing records that pertain to the collection of City taxes to enable the City to undertake the collection of taxes assessed on City property in the City of St. James following termination.