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Anoka County Contract No. C0005733
JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS AND
COUNTY OF ANOKA FOR ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY
THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into this day of omlabEj,� , 2017,
by and between the City of Columbia Heights, 590 — 40th Avenue NE, Columbia Heights,
Minnesota 55421, hereinafter referred to as the "Municipality ", and the County of Anoka, a
political subdivision of the State of Minnesota, 2100 Third Avenue, Anoka, Minnesota 55303,
hereinafter referred to as the "County ".
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 273.072, subd. 1, any county and city, lying wholly
or partially within the county and constituting a separate assessment district, may, by agreement
entered into under Minn. Stat. § 471.59, provide for the assessment of property in the city by the
county assessor; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 273.072, subd. 2, the agreement may provide for
the abolition of the office of the city assessor when the assessment of the property within the
city is to be made under an agreement by the county assessor; and
WHEREAS, it is the wish of the County to cooperate with the Municipality to provide for
a fair and equitable assessment of the property within the Municipality; and
WHEREAS, said work will be carried out in accordance with the provisions of Minn. Stat.
§ 471.59.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements stated
herein, the parties agree as follows:
I. That said Municipality constitutes a separate assessment district which lies wholly within
the County and that all property in the geographical boundaries of this district shall be assessed
by the County Assessor of the County beginning with the assessment year 2019, provided this
Agreement is approved by the Commissioner of Revenue.
II. Pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 273.072, subd. 2, the office of the City Assessor in the
Municipality shall cease to exist on January 16, 2018, but not before the end of the term of the
current City Assessor, if serving for a fixed term, or when an earlier vacancy occurs; provided,
however, that upon the termination of this Agreement, the Office of City Assessor shall be
automatically reestablished and shall be filled as provided by applicable law or charter in
accordance with Minn. Stat. § 273.072.
III. The term of this Agreement shall be from January 16, 2018, through assessment
services performed in the year 2023, unless earlier terminated as provided herein.
IV. In consideration of said assessment services, the Municipality shall pay to the County an
annual payment as follows:
2019 Assessment services payable on or before January 15, 2018
2020 Assessment services payable on or before January 15, 2019
2021 Assessment services payable on or before January 15, 2020
2022 Assessment services payable on or before January 15, 2021
2023 Assessment services payable on or before January 15, 2022
V. For year 2019 assessment services, the Municipality shall pay the County as follows:
A. Twelve Dollars and 50/100s ($12.50) for each improved parcel of residential,
seasonal recreational residential and agricultural type property;
B. Four Dollars and 50/100s ($4.50) for each unimproved parcel of residential,
seasonable recreational residential and agricultural type property;
C. Eighty Dollars and 00 /100s ($80.00) for each improved and unimproved
parcel of commercial, industrial and public utility type of property; and
D. Eighty Dollars and 00 /100s $80.00) for each improved and unimproved parcel
of apartment and mobile home park type property.
The same procedure shall be used, as described above, in the computation of the
assessment payments due in 2020 through 2023, provided, however, that the cost for each tye
of parcel shall be increased according to the County Assessor's increase in operating costs,
cost of living and merit adjustments established by the Anoka County Board of Commissioners
for January 1 to December 31 in the year prior to the date of the assessment.
VI. Notwithstanding Section Il. above, the County and /or Municipality shall have the right to
terminate this Agreement by providing, at a minimum, two years written notice by certified mail,
which notice shall be sent prior to January 2 of any year to terminate assessment services to be
performed two years from such date (i.e. to terminate this Agreement for assessment services
in the year 2020, the party must provide written notice of termination by not later than January 2,
2018).
VII. COUNTERPARTS
This Joint Powers Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each one
of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute
one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have set their hands on the dates so
indicated.
COUNTY OF ANOKA
By:
Rhonda Sivarajah, Chair
Anoka County Board of Commissioners
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Jerry S
County Administrator
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APPROVED AS TO FORM
By:
Dan Klint
Assistant County Attorney
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CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
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Donna Schmitt
Mayor
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