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Mounds View City Council October 24, 2016 <br />Regular Meeting Page 3 <br /> <br /> 1 <br />Finance Director Beer requested the Council adopt a special assessment levy for delinquent 2 <br />public utility accounts. He explained the City takes this action on a yearly basis to address 3 <br />property owners who are delinquent on their quarterly utility bills. The outstanding amounts, 4 <br />plus a $35 administrative fee, will be assessed to Ramsey County if not paid within the next 30 5 <br />days. Staff recommended approval of the request. 6 <br /> 7 <br />Mayor Flaherty opened the public hearing at 7:12 p.m. 8 <br /> 9 <br />Paul Brzezinski, 8336 Spring Lake Road, asked that his portion of the assessments not be 10 <br />forwarded to the County and that he be allowed to pay the City directly. He reported he made a 11 <br />mistake and missed paying one bill. Finance Director Beer encouraged Mr. Brzezinski to contact 12 <br />Utility Billing to make this payment. 13 <br /> 14 <br />Hearing no further public input, Mayor Flaherty closed the public hearing at 7:13 p.m. 15 <br /> 16 <br />Council Member Mueller thanked staff for preparing this report. She stated the City had almost 17 <br />$99,000 in outstanding utility bills for 2016 and asked if the August billing was included in this 18 <br />number. Finance Director Beer reported the August billing was included. 19 <br /> 20 <br />Mayor Flaherty questioned if any of the delinquent properties were in foreclosure. Finance 21 <br />Director Beer stated this could be the case for several of the properties, but he was uncertain of 22 <br />the circumstances for each property. 23 <br /> 24 <br />MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Hull. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 8643 25 <br />Adopting a Special Assessment Levy for Delinquent Public Utility Accounts. 26 <br /> 27 <br />Council Member Meehlhause indicated the City does now offer automatic payment plans for 28 <br />utility bills, which assists property owners in keeping their bills paid on time. 29 <br /> 30 <br /> Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 31 <br /> 32 <br />C. 7:00 p.m. Public Hearing to Receive Public Input and pass upon Resolution 33 <br />8644 Adopting a Special Assessment Levy for Administrative Offense 34 <br />Charges and Nuisance Abatement Charges. 35 <br /> 36 <br />Finance Director Beer requested the Council adopt a special assessment levy for delinquent 37 <br />administrative offense charges and nuisance abatement charges. He explained the City takes this 38 <br />action on a quarterly basis to address property owners that are delinquent. The outstanding 39 <br />amounts, plus a $35 administrative fee, will be assessed to Ramsey County if not paid within the 40 <br />next 30 days. Staff reviewed the outstanding charges and recommended approval of the request. 41 <br /> 42 <br />Mayor Flaherty opened the public hearing at 7:23 p.m. 43 <br /> 44 <br />Hearing no public input, Mayor Flaherty closed the public hearing at 7:23 p.m. 45