RDS In The Media
City Contracts with RDS for Debt Collection
by Mike Bevel,
insideARM.com
May 2, 2007
Residents of Brewton, Alabama, who think they’re above paying utility bills (“I mean, it’s like every month with the gas company these days…”) could be in for some attention from a collection agency.
Brewton’s City Council heard a presentation from a representative of RDS, a collection agency with specialties in government collections, yesterday. Yolanda Thomas, the RDS representative, said there could be $20,000 or more in uncollected payments.
The Brewton Council agreed to the contract with RDS (also known as Revenue Discovery Systems, and acquired by Portfolio Recovery Associates in 2005); now, according to Stephen Morris, Executive Vice President, RDS is waiting for the data from the city. RDS had already performed a discovery and recovery study for the city.
RDS charges commission for the bills it collects, but Thomas said some cities have passed ordinances that allow them to charge that cost to the customers.