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Utility rates. <br />We will continue the process begun last fall of preparing annual utility rate studies. <br />The City Council should consider these, and when justified, make annual <br />increases to the rates. This will avoid a circumstance where the utilities will get <br />into financial difficulty and then need massive increases to correct a crisis. <br /> <br />Delinquent utility bills. <br />MMKR recommended switching from Mounds View’s current practice of using <br />water service shut-off as the primary means of collecting delinquent utility bills to a <br />process of special assessing the delinquent balance for collection with the <br />property tax. I have past experience with both water shut-offs and special <br />assessments. I strongly recommend special assessment as the better practice. <br /> <br />I would like to hear the City Council’s preferences on this topic. If you are inclined <br />to change to special assessment, I can draft a policy & procedure and bring it back <br />to you for consideration at a later meeting. <br /> <br />We aren’t planning to have a representative of MMKR at the June 9th meeting <br />unless the City Council indicates a desire to do so. I will be happy to answer any <br />questions regarding the annual financial report or MMKR’s management report. <br /> <br />Respectfully Submitted, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Charles Hansen