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Wilkes-Barre Mayor George Brown’s efforts to collect on delinquent recycling fee accounts appears to have paid off in a big way for the city. Brown had his administration send out 1,925 letters to delinquent accountholders last year informing them that liens would be placed on their properties if they didn’t pay up past-due amounts. The first round of 1,281 letters sent near the end of October attempted to collect $628,822 from property owners owing $200 or more in past-due recycling fees. A second round of 644 letters sent in early December attempted to collect another $83,750 in past-due fees ranging between $100 and $200. An analysis of fee data provided by the city showed that 33% of delinquent accountholders who were mailed warning letters from the city paid at least part of their past-due fees between Nov. 1 and Dec. 23, bringing in $172,258.

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