Agenda Packets - 2003/10/13 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Item No: 9.U Meeting Date: October 13, 2003 Type of Business: Council Business City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Charles Hansen, Finance Director Item Title/Subject: Consideration of Resolution 6127 Establishing a Policy for Deferral of Special Assessments by Senior Citizens or Disabled Persons Minnesota Statutes Chapter 435.193 provides that a statutory or home rule charter city making a special assessment may in its discretion defer the payment of that assessment for any homestead property owned by a person 65 years of age or older or retired by virtue of a permanent and total disability for whom it would be a hardship to make the payments. Any city electing to defer special assessments shall adopt an ordinance or resolution establishing standards and guidelines for determining the existence of a hardship and for determining the existence of a disability. The City Code, Section 202.13 also references deferred payment of special assessments by persons age 65 or older and calls for the City Council to adopt a resolution establishing standards and guidelines for determining the existence of a hardship. The staff wasn’t able to find a resolution in which the City Council established these guidelines in the past. We concluded that it would be best to start fresh with a new resolution and establish the guidelines now. It is recommended that the guidelines be kept fairly simple and straightforward for ease of administration and understanding by the citizens. I also recommend that the guidelines provide for deferral for disabled persons, since a failure to do so could be considered discriminatory. Respectfully submitted, ___________________________ Charles Hansen, Finance Director Reviewed by City Administrator: ________