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Item No: 07E Meeting Date: May 26, 2009 Type of Business: CB Administrator Review : ____ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: James Ericson, Clerk - Administrator Item Title/Subject: First Reading and Introduction of Ordinance 822, an Ordinance Adding Section 202.20 Establishing a Process for the Collection of Costs Associated with Emergency Services, Unpaid Service Charges and Fees, and Unpaid Administrative Offense Penalties Introduction: Last year the Charter Commission recommended approval of an amendment to the City Charter pertaining to Administrative Offenses and the fines associated with them. Ordinance 810, adopted by the City Council on July 28, 2008, added the following language to the Charter: Section 8.06. Certification of Administrative Offense Penalties. Authority is granted to the City of Mounds View to certify unpaid property-based administrative Offense penalties by certification to property taxes. Collection of Administrative Offense penalties shall proceed only in accordance with an ordinance adopted by the Council that must require at least the following: The City must give notice to the property owner listed on the official tax records at least 30 days prior to imposing the certification. The City must attempt to obtain voluntary payment of the fees and penalties and allow the property owner the opportunity to request certification to the property taxes as a method of payment. The City must provide an opportunity for a hearing regarding the certification before either the City Council or a neutral third party as specified in City Code. Administrative Offense penalties and charges must be directly related to the property being assessed according to City Code and as published in the fee schedule. Certifications under this ordinance shall be imposed pursuant to Minnesota State Statutes including 366.011, 366.012, 415.01, and 429.101, as amended and as specified in City Code. And also: 12.14. Fines and Civil Penalties. The Council may provide by ordinance that a violation of a City ordinance is either a misdemeanor or a petty misdemeanor, punishable in accordance with State law. The Council shall establish by ordinance a procedure for imposing a civil penalty known as an administrative offense as defined in City Code.