Specifications include, but are not limited to: • In performing the Services required under this Agreement, the Contractor shall consult with the Assessor’s Office, and shall meet as appropriate with other City officials and with other persons or entities as necessary. • The Contractor shall consult with The City of West Haven’s private tax collection agency, West Haven Tax Collector, LLC. • The Contractor will assist the City in the identification and investigation of motor vehicles that are registered or unregistered and which are owned or used by West Haven residents that are subject to local property taxes under the criteria established in the Connecticut General Statutes. The Contractor will perform the following services: • Gather the appropriate data relevant to the overall process • Manage the process used to screen the data gathered • After screening the raw data, the Contractor will do the following: 1) Collect, investigate, and develop sufficient evidence for a prima facie case, subject to the Assessor’s criterion established prior to the commencement of the program upon which the Assessor can legally proceed. 2) Prepare letters for correspondence to the potential taxpayer on behalf of the Assessor. 3) Receive all correspondence from the potential taxpayers or their legal representative responding to the aforementioned correspondence and discuss the particulars of their respective cases and provide explanation of the tax laws that apply in each case.
