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Additional write offs fall into one of two categories. The first is accounts with liens that are over twenty years old and are no longer enforceable. Therefore, the debt on those accounts will be written off. At this time, there are 83 accounts with unenforceable liens. It is noted that staff did attempt to settle all debts regardless of their age. Five debts over twenty years old were settled. Their numbers are reflected with the 15 accounts listed in the previous table. The information for accounts over twenty years old that were not settled is in the table below. For all accounts falling into the unenforceable lien category, a "Notice of Potential Future Connections Charges" will be filed in the County Clerk's records. Thus, before any service can be activated for those properties, any connection charges in effect at the time of connection including any impact fees will have to be paid. A sample notice is included with the agenda. Account Type Number of Accounts Total Outstanding Debt Water & Sewer 10 $169,838.10 Impact Fee Loans 1 $ 1,464.25 Assessments 72 $309,047.06 Totals 83 $480,349.41 The last category consists of any remaining accounts for which there are enforceable liens. These are accounts wherein staff will work with the County attorney's office or outside counsel to pursue foreclosure as is described in County Code Sections 202.22D and 202.22H. Per code, the County is required to notify the property owner of the potential foreclosure and to allow them sixty days to arrive at a settlement agreement. To date, staff has sent 67 such letters via certified mail. Although staff has received several follow up calls in response to the letters, only six owners have made settlement so far. The table below represents those settlements. Account Type Number of Accounts Settled Total Cash Collected Total Penalties & Interest Waived Water & Sewer 5 $51,094.10 $26,620.43 Assessments 1 $13,000.00 $ 3,565.28 Totals 6 $64,094.10 $30,185.71 Moving forward, the revised sections of County Code dictate that foreclosure notices are to be processed after 24 months of past due utility bills, or 48 months of delinquent loans or assessments. Staff has already been reaching out to customers falling into these categories. So far, there has been more success in settling these accounts rather than the accounts that were left to accrue fees and penalties for well beyond the 24 -month and 48 -month timeframe. 135 Page 2 of 3 Summary of Bad Debt & Associated Costs Account Type # of Accounts Settled Total Cash Collected Total Penalties & Interest Waived/ Outstanding Debt Water & Sewer 21 $ 78,349.26 $283,412.18 Impact Fee Loans 1 n/a $ 1,464.25 Assessments 82 $ 78,774.05 $347,728.37 Total 104 $157,123.31 $632,604.80 Attorney Fees $100,000.00 Grand Total $732,604.80 135 Page 2 of 3