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HomeMy WebLinkAbout26-121 Declaring Cost to be Assessed and Ordering Preparations of an Assessment Roll for 2026 4646 Dakota Street SE Prior Lake, MN 55372 RESOLUTION 26-121 A RESOLUTION DECLARING COSTS TO BE ASSESSED AND ORDERING PREPARATION OF PROPOSED ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR THE 2026 UNPAID SPECIAL CHARGES AND ESTABLISHING THE DATE OF THE ASSESSMENT HEARING AND PUBLICATION THEREOF Motion By: Hellier Second By: Lake WHEREAS, the City has incurred the following unpaid special charges in 2026: Special Charge Unpaid Amount Delinquent Utility Charges $192,576.80 False Alarm Fees $250.00 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 $192,826.80. 3. Assessments for Snow Removal, Nuisance Charges, Mowing and False Alarms shall be payable pursuant to Minnesota Statute 429.101 and Sections 8-20, 5-101, 5-204 and 7-109 of the City Code in one (1) single installment payable in 2027. The single installment shall include the annual principal, a delinquent assessment administration charge of $115 ($140 for Spring Lake Township) plus interest calculated from the date of the adoption of the assessment resolution to the end of 2026 plus twelve (12) months of the next year and shall bear interest at the rate of 5.38% per annum. 4. Delinquent Utility Charges shall be payable pursuant to Minnesota Statute 429.101 and Section 8-135 of the City Code in one (1) single installment payable in 2027. The single installment shall include the annual principal, a delinquent assessment administration charge of $115 ($125 for Spring Lake Township) plus interest calculated from the date of the adoption of the assessment resolution to the end of 2026 plus twelve (12) months of the next year and shall bear interest at the rate of 5.38% per annum. 5. Oak Wilt Assessments shall be payable pursuant to Minnesota Statute 429.101 and Section 5-63 of the City code which provides that all assessments less than $1,000 shall be payable in one (1) single installment payable in 2027 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 from M:\2- City Clerk\City Council\Resolutions\2026\26-121 Declaring Cost to be Assessed and Ordering Preparations of an Assessment Roll for 2026.docx 2 the date of the adoption of the assessment resolution to the end of 2026 plus twelve (12) months of the next year and shall bear interest at a rate of 5.38% 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 13th day of October 2026, 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 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 by November 2, 2026. 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 2 or interest will be charged through December 31 of the next succeeding year. Passed and adopted by the Prior Lake City Council this 8th day of September 2026. VOTE Briggs Braid Churchill Hellier Lake Aye ☒ ☐ ☒ ☒ ☒ Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Absent ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐ ☐ ______________________________ Jason Wedel, City Manager