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The Village Council of the Village of Hugo determines that: .
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Sewer Board is installing the
so-called Forest Lake interceptor through Minneapolis=st. Paul Service
Area Plumber 1; and
WHEREAS, statements of amounts due were rendered by the
MetrD-Politan Sewer Board to the Township of Oneka and the Village of Hugo,
in the calendar year 1971 for payments due in 1972, respectively; and
WHEREAS, the Township of Oneka has not made payment-, either
in whole or in part, on the statement rendered to it, and has appealed the
charges imposed as set forth in the letter to the Metropolitan Sewer Board
dated December 2, 1971, and signed by Donald Lease, Chairman of the
Township Board of Supervisors; and
WHEREAS, the Village of Hugo, as it existed in 1971,
erroneously paid in full the charges rendered on its statement from general
funds; and
WHEREAS, the Township of Oneka and the Village of Hugo were
consolidated by Order of the Minnesota Municipal Commission during
calendar year 1971 into a new single Village of Hugo, encompassing the
total areas of the former Township of Oneka and Village of Hugo, said
consolidation becoming effective upon election and qualification of its
new village officers pursuant to Order dated 13th day of September, 1971,
said qualifications being in January of 1972 and
VflflsREAS, in the calendar year 1970, the stated policy for
determining the charges to be bille(I communities for 1971 included a
limitation that there had to be sewer service available, and discharae or
an imminent likelihood of discharge into the system before charges could
be levied against a community; and
WHEREAS, in 1970 the Township of Oneka had no sewer service
available, had 110 discharge or irLL7,
,tanent discharge; and, in fact, had no
qualified PIan for the construction Of a - sewer system within its area;
this situation continuing to the joresent and
WHEREAS, the Township of Oneka relied on stated Policy and
did not levy any tax for payment of the charges billed at its
meeting in March of 1971, thereby resulting in no tax annual
for this account; and collection in 1972
WHEREAS,
the statement rendered the Township of Oneka is
believed to be based on
erroneous population and assessed valuation
figures resulting in a is
excessive; and
T/qfEREAS,
the consolidated village of Hugo does not have the
funds to pay the bill rendered to the Township of One and
WHEREAS, the consolidated Villaae of Hugo does n
the economic ability to pay not have
the bill renderedto the Township of Oneka
payable in 1972, and
W UREAS, tile Townsh-D OfOneka and the
no longer exist as pOlitic'11 entities, and , former Village of Hugo
W REAS, tj-,e C,,c):,�szo,,3atee
ME A Vi Mage;
Of Hugo is under the duty
to administer obligations of the TownsIlip of On and, the former Village
Of Hugo, as they existed at the time of consolidation.
NOTNT, "T'HEREF'ORE, BE IT RESOLVED as follows:
1. That the Me,-ropoli-;-
�v all SeW' ---'Board is hereby requested
to substitute
the COnsoliOated Village of r_uc���' i.r,
the appeal filed by the
former Township of Oneka.
2• That the Mietropolitan Sewer Board is hereby requested
to cancel the billing rendered to the Township of
Oneka, Payable in the
year 1972.
3- That the Me�1opolztan Sewer Board is hereby F L y �
correct the c y requested to
Population and assessec: valuation applicable to the area
served from the former Township of
Jnel.a.
That in the event the %Ietropolita
cancel the billing rendered to the Township n Sewer Board cannot
ship of Oneka, it is hereby requested
that the billing be corrected, and that the corrected d billing together with
subsequent billins be deferred for pavment until there is a into the �1enc s
for that area discharging �n e��er system
g� � etropolitan Sewer System or that
discharge is imminent-
5. That the Metropolitan Seder Board is hereby re ue
to make a finding that the Consol11 ` sted
_cated Village of Iugo does not have the
funds to pay this billing rendered for the Township of On
does not have the economic abilityto Oneka, and that it
raise the funds necessary to pay
said billing.
6- That the 1971 bill to the former Village of Hugo go was
_ . Y paid, and that the Iletrc:,politan Sewer Board is hereby
to refund the amount so requested
A a=�d , c aIi 1 to-orrect the record for an f_
billings there is r.,_ dischto reflect that Y uture
_ .� arge into the Metropolitan Sewer.
7. That the Ma or and
Y Clerk are authorized to affi._, their
signatures hereto and convey a cony to the Metropolitan Sewer_ Board,
Adopted and gassed this
, day of March, 1972.
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