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CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT AGENDA ITEM 2.A. STAFF ORIGINATOR: Tracy Thoma, Finance Director MEETING DATE October 13, 2025 AGENDA ITEM: Public Hearing, Approval of Resolution No. 25-139 Adopting the Assessment Roll for Delinquent Utility Accounts VOTE REQUIRED: 4/5 INTRODUCTION The purpose of this agenda item is for the City Council to hold the assessment public hearing for the 2025 Delinquent Utility Accounts. The proposed assessment roll (Exhibit A - to be distributed at the Meeting) that is prepared for the public hearing includes the delinquent utility balances by PID number and property street address information. BACKGROUND State Statutes 429.101 and 444.075 and Sections 401.3, 402.14, and 404.10 of the Lino Lakes City Code state that a/the city may certify unpaid special charges, including those listed below, to the County Auditor as a special assessment against the property. • The recovery of payment of utility bills and other services, even if provided by a third party • Snow and weed elimination from streets or private property • Nuisance charges • Administrative citations To recover unpaid special charges and delinquent accounts, the City must follow State Statute 429.101 procedures. Those procedures provide that the City must adopt a resolution declaring the unpaid special charges and delinquent past due accounts to be assessed and establish a date for the assessment hearing for those charges. On September 22, 2025, the Council adopted a resolution declaring the costs to be assessed, ordering preparation of the assessment rolls, and setting the date of the public hearing. A notice of public hearing was published in the legal section of the Quad Community Press on September 30, 2025. All property owners with unpaid delinquent accounts have been mailed a Notice of Hearing to Certify Special Assessments, which included information pertinent to their property such as the total proposed assessment amount and the interest rate. Property owners have been provided Page 48 of 145