By Paul Ferguson, The Daily Register
At least one local collection agency would like to see Columbia County (WI) partner with a local entity to recover delinquent court judgments rather than continue with a pending proposal for the clerk of courts to contract with a Milwaukee collection agency.
During discussion of a county resolution to begin a contract with Milwaukee-based Professional Placement Services LLC, Rick Taylor of Bonded Collectors of Wisconsin in Portage told the county Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that a local agency would do a much better job of collecting debts from the Portage area even though there may be a tradeoff in the amount of money recovered from far-off locations.
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