Sec. 17. (a) A unit may compromise claims made against it.
(b) A unit or a person designated in writing by the unit may do the following:
(1) Collect any money that is owed to the unit.
(2) Compromise the amount of money owed to the unit.
(c) A unit shall determine the costs of collecting money under this section. The costs of collection, including reasonable attorney's fees, may be added to money that is owed and collected under this subsection.
(d) A unit or the unit's agent that collects money under this section shall deposit that money, less the costs of collection, in the account required by law.