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City of Columbia Heights
City Council
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT LEVY HEARING
OCTOBER 5, 2015
7:00 P.M.
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE MINUTES FOR THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL HELD AT
7:00 PM ON MONDAY OCTOBER 5, 2015 IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL, 590 40TH AVENUE N.E.,
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, MINNESOTA
Roll Call /Pledge of Allegiance
Mayor Peterson called the meeting to order at 7:22 PM
Present: Mayor Peterson, Councilmembers Schmitt, Nawrocki and Murzyn, Jr.
Absent: Councilmember Williams
Also Present: Walt Fehst -City Manager, Joe Kloiber- Finance Director, Jackie Zillmer- Assistant Finance
Director and Katie Bruno - Council Secretary.
Resolution 2015 -73 being a Resolution Levying and Adopting the Assessment Levy for Deliquent
Accounts.
Assistant Finance Director Jackie Zillmer explained the item includes all delinquent utility bills,
abatement fees, weed /grass cutting fees and stop box repair fees incurred through July 31, 2015. A one
year levy with 6% interest in proposed.
Councilmember Nawrocki noted that the excessive dollar amount being levied (Over $100,000) is an
indicator that residents are experiencing financial hardships, and the council should keep that in mind
as they look at the 2016 budget.
Zillmer reported there has been significant improvement since the City Council changed the way rental
properties are billed, currently property owners are the responsible party.
Motion by Councilmember Murzyn, Jr., seconded by Councilmember Schmitt to close the Public Hearing
and waive the reading of Resolution 2025 -73, there being ample copies available to the public. All Ayes,
Motion Carried.
Motion by Councilmember Murzyn, Jr., seconded by Councilmember Schmitt to adopt Resolution
2025 -73 being a Resolution to adopt an assessment roll and levy a special assessment for delinquent
accounts, with an interest rate of 4.5 %. All Ayes, Motion Carried.
Meeting adjourned at 7:26 PM
Respectively Submitted,
Katie Bruno,
City Clerk /Council Secretary
RESOLUTION 2015 -73
A resolution of the City Council for the City of Columbia Heights, Minnesota, adopt an assessment roll and
levy a special assessment for delinquent accounts.
Now, therefore, in accordance with all ordinances and regulations of the City of Columbia Heights, the City
Council of the City of Columbia Heights makes the following:
ORDER OF COUNCIL
WHEREAS, one or more services required by city ordinance, including water, sewer, refuse, weedcutting,
tree removal, stopbox repair /replacement and abatement of nuisance /hazardous, and numbered as
projects
P.I.R. 2015 -MS -30 -001 P.I.R. 2015 -MS -30 -002 P.I.R. 2015 -MS -30 -003 P.I.R. 2015 -MS -30 -004
P.I.R. 2015 -MS -30 -005 P.I.R. 2015 -MS -30 -006 P.I.R. 2015 -MS -30 -007 P.I.R. 2015 -MS -30 -008
P.I.R. 2015 -MS -30 -009 P.I.R. 2015 -MS -30 -010 P.I.R. 2015 -MS -30 -011 P.I.R. 2015 -MS -30 -012
P.I.R. 2015- MS -30 -013 P.I.R. 2015 -MS -30 -014
have been provided to and benefited the properties listed in the assessment roll below; and,
WHEREAS, the charges to said properties for said services are unpaid and delinquent; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights, Minnesota, met at 7:00 p.m. on the 5th day of
October 2015 in the City Council Chamber 590 40th Avenue N.E. Columbia Heights, Minnesota, being the
time and place set when and where all persons interested could appear and be heard by the Council with
respect to the benefits and cost of providing the services described below, a notice of such hearing having
been heretofore duly published as required by law, and a notice mailed to each property owner of record,
stating the proposed amount of the assessment; therefore,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City of Columbia Heights as follows:
Section 1. That this Council does hereby adopt the assessment roll below known and described as
"Assessment Roll for 2015 Delinquent Accounts ", numbered as
P.I.R. 2015 -MS -30 -001 P.I.R. 2015 -MS -30 -002 P.I.R. 2015 -MS -30 -003 P.I.R. 2015 -MS -30 -004
P.I.R. 2015 -MS -30 -005 P.I.R. 2015 -MS -30 -006 P.I.R. 2015 -MS -30 -007 P.I.R. 2015 -MS -30 -008
P.I.R. 2015 -MS -30 -009 P.I.R. 2015 -MS -30 -010 P.I.R. 2015 -MS -30 -011 P.I.R. 2015 -MS -30 -012
P.I.R. 2015- MS -30 -013 P.I.R. 2015 -MS -30 -014
Section 2. That this Council hereby finds and determines that each of the parcels of land enumerated
in the assessment roll was and is especially benefited by the services provided. The Council further finds
and determines that the proper cost of these services to be especially assessed against each parcel of land
is the amount of unpaid delinquent charges for said services.
Section 3. That said assessments may be paid in part or in full without interest on or before November
4, 2015.
Section 4. Payments will be accepted at Columbia Heights City Hall, 590 40th Avenue N.E. Columbia
Heights, Minnesota, on or before November 13, 2015. Any amount unpaid after November 13, 2015, will
be certified to the Anoka County Auditor for collection with the real estate taxes as a special assessment
beginning with the taxes payable in the year 2015. The annual principal installments, together with 6%
interest are due and payable with the real estate taxes for a period of one year or less.
Section 5. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon passage.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the above eligibility standard is effective October 5, 2015