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CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
ST. LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA
Council Chambers
November 15, 1999 – 6:45 p.m.
1. Call to order
2. Public Hearing
Public Hearing on the Levying of Assessments for Delinquent Fees and Charges
This action adds to the responsible party’s 2000 property taxes any delinquent City utility
charges and other fees
Recommended Action: Mayor to close the public hearing. Motion to adopt resolution
to assess delinquent water, sewer, refuse and other fees and
charges.
3. Adjournment
City of St. Louis Park
Special City Council Meeting
November 15, 1999
Public Hearing on the Levying of Assessments for Delinquent Fees and Charges
This action adds to the responsible party’s 2000 property taxes any delinquent City utility
charges and other fees
Recommended Action: Mayor to close the public hearing. Motion to adopt resolution to
assess delinquent water, sewer, refuse and other fees and charges.
Background:
The City Council is authorized to direct the assessment of delinquent utility accounts, nuisance
abatements, false alarm fees, tree removal/injection and other miscellaneous charges after
holding a public hearing. The public hearing is scheduled for Monday, November 15, 1999 at
6:45 p.m. in Council Chambers.
The public hearing is similar to ones held for special assessments associated with improvements
projects. Accounts remaining delinquent and unpaid on November 22, 1999 will be sent to the
County for inclusion with next year’s property tax bill. This process follows the same schedule
each fall and is developed from the County’s deadline for filing certified totals near the end of
November.
The Process Prior to the Hearing:
In advance of the public hearing date, individual letters are mailed to property owners advising
them of the assessment and their right to be heard before Council. Balances 60 days past due at
the beginning of October are considered delinquent. Individuals had until Monday, November
8th to request a hearing. The City has received four requests for Public Hearings. Of the four
requests, three have been resolved and staff expects the fourth to be resolved prior to the Council
meeting.
The majority of property owners pay their assessments prior to the deadline or allow the amounts
to be certified to their property tax bills. There are several hundred property owners who do
contact the City with questions about their outstanding balance, the certification process and/or
payment arrangements. The entire process starting with the generation of the initial notices,
(approximately 1,000 letters this year), through to transmittal of final numbers to the County
continues to be a significant work project for staff.
Analysis:
The following delinquent charges for 1998 (with prior years comparisons) are eligible for
assessment. The amounts shown do not include interest or the $25 per account administrative
fee.
1999
1998
Dollars
Variance between
years (Percent)
Utility Accounts $172,202 $204,158 $(31,956) (15.7)%
Tree Removal/Injection 1,595 10,913 ( 9,318) (14.6)%
Grass/Weed Cutting 1,620 761 859 212.9%
False Alarm/Misc. 8,318 5,607 2,711 148.4%
Total $183,735 $221,439 $(37,704) (17.03)%
Attachments: Resolution
Prepared by: Jean D. McGann, Director of Finance
Approved by: Charles W. Meyer, City Manager
RESOLUTION NO. 99-135
LEVYING ASSESSMENT AND REASSESSMENT FOR DELINQUENT UTLIITY
ACCOUNTS, TREE REMOVAL/INJECTION, NUISANCE ABATEMENTS,
FALSE ALARM FEES AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES
WHEREAS, the City Council has heretofore determined by ordinance the rates and charges for
water, sewer and refuse services of the City and has provided for the abatement of tree
removal/injection, grass/weed cutting and other miscellaneous charges to a home or business
shall be at the expense of the owners of the premises involved; and
WHEREAS, all such sums become delinquent and assessable against the property served under
Section 6-158, Section 6-206, Section 9-103, Section 9-110, Section 11-2004 of the St. Louis
Park Ordinance Code and Minnesota Statutes 18.023, 18.271, 443 and 429; and
WHEREAS, the City Clerk has prepared an assessment roll setting forth an assessment against
each tract or parcel of land served by water, sewer and refuse services of the City of charged for
the costs of abating grass/weed cutting, tree removal/injection, false alarm fees and other
miscellaneous charges which remain unpaid on November 22, 1999; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of St. Louis Park
that said assessment roll is hereby adopted and approved, and there is hereby levied and assessed
or reassessed against each and every tract of land described therein an assessment in the amounts
respectively therein abating grass/weed cutting, tree removal/injection, false alarm fees and other
miscellaneous charges which remain unpaid on November 22, 1999; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is hereby authorized to deliver said
assessment or reassessment roll to the Auditor of Hennepin county for collection of the
assessment in the same manner as other municipal taxes are collected and payment thereof
enforced with interest from the date of this resolution at the rate of seven point two four percent
(7.24%) per annum.
Reviewed for Administration: Adopted by the City Council November 15, 1999
City Manager Mayor
Attest:
City Clerk