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APPED ; 7D U - .\ S Mounds View City Council Page 4 Regular Meeting December 12 , 1994 1 Trude commented that, because some people do not pay their water 2 bills, street light bills, and surface water bills, all of the 3 residents are affected. She felt the public should be made aware 4 of these delinquent amounts and directed the list be read. 5 6 Brager read the list of 1995 Delinquent Utility Bills To Be 7 Certified On Taxes in 1995, noting that payment had been received 8 on the property at 5701 Quincy Street since the time the list was 9 made up. He also read the 1994 Miscellaneous Charges To Be 10 Certified On Taxes in 1995 and stated the total amount to be 11 certified was approximately $36, 000. The Resolution would be 12 amended to reflect the amount of payment received on the 5701 13 Quincy Street property. 14 15 Cameron Obert, 8315 Greenwood Drive, asked whom the money was owed 16 to and if any collection action had been taken. Linke said it was 17 owed to the City of Mounds View and letters have been sent to the 18 people owing the money in an attempt to collect. Rather than hire 19 a collection agency, the City would have the delinquent charges 20 certified on the taxes. 21 22 Mr. Obert asked if the City had done this in the past and, if so, 23 did the method work. Linke explained that this process was done 24 every year and, eventually, the money was collected. 25 26 Alex Hunt, 3055 Eagandale P1. , Eagan, explained that his property 27 was 5701 Quincy Street. He requested the Council to offer special 28 consideration to his situation and said that it was never his 29 intention to avoid paying the water bills. He had recently 30 submitted payment for the entire amount of water service, excluding 31 any amount owed for penalties. He stated that he had made several 32 phone calls to City Officials as well as written correspondence 33 requesting some sort of compromise for the delinquent charges, but 34 felt the City was unwilling to negotiate. 35 36 Mr. Hunt commented that most of the charges owed were accumulated 37 by a previous owner under a different name. At the time he 38 repossessed the property, he was unaware of the delinquent charges. 39 The amount of the payment for the actual water service that was 40 recently made was $2 , 500 and the amount still owing for the 41 penalties is $2 , 100. He had not operated the building at a profit 42 and felt the penalties were unreasonable and too financially 43 burdensome. Raising the rents in that rental unit was not 44 feasible. 45 46 Mayor Linke asked Mr. Hunt when he had taken the building back. 47 Mr. Hunt replied that it was December 1993 . 48