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PAYMENT OF ASSESSMENTS <br />The owner of any property so assessed may, at any time prior to certification, make payments <br />(partial or full) towards the balance owed. <br />The owner may, at any time after certification, pay the whole of the assessment, with interest <br />accrued to the date of payment, except that no interest may be charged if the entire assessment is <br />paid by November 30th of the assessment year. <br />The owner may, at any time thereafter, pay to the Finance Director the entire amount of the <br />assessment remaining unpaid, with interest accrued to December of the year in which such <br />payment is made. Such payment must be made before November 14th or interest will be charged <br />through December 31' of the succeeding year. <br />SENIOR CITIZEN DEFERRAL OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS <br />ESTABLISHMENT OF DEFERRAL: Pursuant to Minn. Stat. 435.193 et seq., special assessment <br />installment payments payable by senior citizens and persons retired by virtue of permanent and <br />total disability are deferred if payment of such installments would create hardship. <br />CRITERIA: In determining whether or not a person is eligible for deferral of special assessment <br />installment payments, the following criteria are established: <br />SENIOR CITIZENS: <br />Senior citizens special assessment deferral applies to qualifying special assessments against all <br />properties classified as "homestead" pursuant to Minn. Stat. Chapter 273, where one or more <br />of the owners of such property is 65 years of age or older and it would create a hardship for the <br />owner or owners of the property to pay the special assessment installments as they become <br />due. <br />The senior citizen shall be required to prove eligibility for this special assessment deferral on the <br />basis of age. <br />PERSONS RETRIED BY VIRTUE OF PERMANENT AND TOTAL DISABILITY: <br />The special assessment hardship deferral for persons retired by virtue of permanent and total <br />disability applies to special assessments levied after the date of the adoption of this resolution. <br />This special assessment hardship deferral applies to qualifying special assessments against all <br />properties classified as "homestead" pursuant to Minn. Stat. Chapter 273 where one or more of <br />the owners of the property is retired by virtue of permanent or total disability and it would <br />create a hardship for the owner or owners of the property to pay the special assessment <br />installments as they become due. <br />Page 7 <br />