RES 19-063 ADOPTING THE AMENDED SPECIAL ASSESSMENT POLICY

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Page 6 PAYMENT OF ASSESSMENTS The owner of any property so assessed may, at any time prior to certification, make payments (partial or full) towards the balance owed. The owner may, at any time after certification, pay the whole of the assessment, with interest accrued to the date of payment, except that no interest may be charged if the entire assessment is paid by November 30th of the assessment year. The owner may, at any time thereafter, pay to the Finance Director the entire amount of the assessment remaining unpaid, with interest accrued to December of the year in which such payment is made. Such payment must be made before November 14th or interest will be charged through December 31st of the succeeding year. SENIOR CITIZEN DEFERRAL OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS ESTABLISHMENT OF DEFERRAL: Pursuant to Minn. Stat. 435.193 et seq., special assessment installment payments payable by senior citizens and persons retired by virtue of permanent and total disability are deferred if payment of such installments would create hardship. CRITERIA: In determining whether or not a person is eligible for deferral of special assessment installment payments, the following criteria are established: SENIOR CITIZENS: Senior citizens special assessment deferral applies to qualifying special assessments against all properties classified as “homestead” pursuant to Minn. Stat. Chapter 273, where one or more of the owners of such property is 65 years of age or older and it would create a hardship for the owner or owners of the property to pay the special assessment installments as they become due. The senior citizen shall be required to prove eligibility for this special assessment deferral on the basis of age. PERSONS RETRIED BY VIRTUE OF PERMANENT AND TOTAL DISABILITY: The special assessment hardship deferral for persons retired by virtue of permanent and total disability applies to special assessments levied after the date of the adoption of this resolution. This special assessment hardship deferral applies to qualifying special assessments against all properties classified as “homestead” pursuant to Minn. Stat. Chapter 273 where one or more of the owners of the property is retired by virtue of permanent or total disability and it would create a hardship for the owner or owners of the property to pay the special assessment installments as they become due.