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<br />Item No: 8B <br />Meeting Date: November 10, 2003 <br />Type of Business: Council Business <br />Administrator Review: _____ <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Charles Hansen, Finance Director <br />Item Title/Subject: Consideration of Resolution 6131 Revising the Policy for <br />Deferral of Special Assessments by Senior Citizens or <br />Disabled Persons <br /> <br />On October 27, 2003, the City Council passed Resolution 6127 Establishing a Policy for <br />Deferral of Special Assessments by Senior Citizens or Disabled Persons. Resolution 6127 <br />had a fairly simple test to determine hardship. That test remains as item 5a in Resolution <br />6131. <br /> <br />The City Council also wanted a second means of determining financial hardship for persons <br />who may have income low enough so that they wouldn’t file a federal income tax return as <br />required in Resolution 6127. It was suggested at the meeting that having the applicant <br />shown a Medicaid card would be an acceptable alternative to the tax return. <br /> <br />Resolution 6131 revises the policy by providing the applicant the option of providing <br />documentation that either the Social Security/Medicare Administration or the MN Department <br />of Human Services have qualified them as low income for a program of those agencies. <br /> <br />This is somewhat broader definition than was discussed at the meeting, but preserves the <br />principle of a federal or state agency determining the low-income status for us. I feel this is <br />an advantage because it includes Medicaid but also covers someone who has real financial <br />hardship that qualifies them for some program other than Medicaid. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> <br />___________________________ <br />Charles Hansen, Finance Director <br />