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Prior Lake, MN 55372
RESOLUTION 22-109
A RESOLUTION DECLARING COSTS TO BE ASSESSED AND ORDERING PREPARATION
OF PROPOSED ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR THE 2022 UNPAID SPECIAL CHARGES AND
ESTABLISHING THE DATE OF THE ASSESSMENT HEARING AND PUBLICATION
THEREOF
Motion By: Thompson Second By: Braid
WHEREAS, the City has incurred the following unpaid special charges in 2022:
Special Charge Unpaid Amount
Delinquent Utility Charges $108,136.12
Nuisance Fees $1,920.00
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes and Prior Lake City Code authorize the City to recover
such charges through the special assessment process; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager notifies the City Council that such proposed assessments
will be completed and filed in the City Manager's office for public inspection.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PRIOR LAKE,
MINNESOTA as follows:
1. The recitals set forth above are incorporated herein.
2. The portion of the cost of such services to be assessed against benefited property owners is
declared to be $110,056.12.
3. Assessments for Snow Removal, Nuisance Charges, Mowing and False Alarms shall be
payable pursuant to Minnesota Statute 429.101 and Sections 701.300, 605.900, 609.704
and 805.301 of the City Code in one (1) single installment payable in 2023. The single
installment shall include the annual principal, a delinquent assessment administration
charge of $80 ($105 for Spring Lake Township) plus interest calculated from the date of the
adoption of the assessment resolution to the end of 2022 plus twelve (12) months of the
next year and shall bear interest at the rate of 4.62% per annum.
4. Delinquent Utility Charges shall be payable pursuant to Minnesota Statute 429.101 and
Section 704.900 of the City Code in one (1) single installment payable in 2023. The single
installment shall include the annual principal, a delinquent assessment administration
charge of $80 ($105 for Spring Lake Township) plus interest calculated from the date of the
adoption of the assessment resolution to the end of 2022 plus twelve (12) months of the
next year and shall bear interest at the rate of 4.62% per annum.
5. Oak Wilt Assessments shall be payable pursuant to Minnesota Statute 429.101 and Section
602.405 of the City code which provides that all assessments less than $1,000 shall be
payable in one (1) single installment payable in 2023 and all assessments over $1,000 be
paid on an equal principal installment method extending over a period of five (5) years for
the assessment. The first installment shall be the annual principal plus interest calculated
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from the date of the adoption of the assessment resolution to the end of 2022 plus twelve
(12) months of the next year and shall bear interest at a rate of 4.62% per annum.
6. The City Manager shall submit a list of the costs for services the City has incurred for unpaid
utility bills, weed abatement, landscaping, nuisance charges, false alarms and oak wilt
abatement, as provided by law, and shall file a copy of such proposed assessment in the
office of the City Manager for public inspection.
7. The City Manager shall upon the completion of such proposed assessment notify the City
Council thereof.
8. A public hearing shall be held on the 17th day of October 2022, in City Council Chambers at
7:00 P.M. to pass upon such proposed assessments and at such time and place all persons
owning property affected by such improvement will be given the opportunity to be heard with
reference to such assessment.
9. The City Manager is hereby directed to cause a notice of the public hearing on the proposed
assessment to be published once in the official newspaper of the City at least two weeks
prior to the hearing, and the City Manager shall also cause mailed notice to be given to the
owner of each parcel described in the assessment roll not less than two weeks prior to the
hearing.
10. The owner of any property so assessed may, at any time prior to certification of the
assessment to the County Auditor, pay the whole of the assessment on such property, with
interest accrued to the date of payment, to the City Finance Director, except that no interest
will be charged if the entire assessment is paid within 30 days from the adoption of the
assessment. The owner may, at any time thereafter, pay to the City Finance Director the
entire amount of the assessment remaining unpaid, with interest accrued to December 31 of
the year in which such payment is made. Such payment must be made before November
18, 2022, or interest will be charged through December 31 of the next succeeding year.
Passed and adopted by the Prior Lake City Council this 19th day of September 2022.
VOTE Briggs Thompson Burkart Braid Churchill
Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒
Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
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Jason Wedel, City Manager