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COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO.4406
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN,
MONTANA, LEVYING AND ASSESSING A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT UPON
CERTAIN SPECIFIED REAL PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF BOZEMAN,
COUNTY OF GALLATIN, STATE OF MONTANA, TO COLLECT WEED
CUTTING OR EXTERMINATING CHARGES PLUS COSTS AND EXPENSES
INCURRED BY THE CITY OF BOZEMAN,AS PROVIDED FOR IN SECTION 7-
22-4101, MONTANA CODE ANNOTATED AND CHAPTER 8.36 OF THE
BOZEMAN MUNICIPAL CODE.
WHEREAS,Section 7-22-4101, Montana Code Annotated, and Chapter 8.36 of the
Bozeman Municipal Code require the owner of any property within the city to exterminate or cut nuisance weeds
from and alongside their premises; and
WHEREAS, Section 7-22-4101, Montana Code Annotated, and Chapter 8.36 of the Bozeman
Municipal Code provide that in the event the owner of said premises neglects to exterminate or remove weeds
therefore, a special assessment shall be made, levied and collected for the costs of cutting or exterminating said
weeds.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Commission of the City of Bozeman, State of
Montana:
Section 1
That to collect weed extermination and cutting charges, an assessment is hereby levied against the
responsible property and the several lots, pieces and parcels of land thereof within the City of Bozeman as set
forth in Schedule "A", which is attached hereto and made a part hereof. A particular description of each lot and
parcel of land with the name of the owner and/or owners and the delinquent sum assessed against the same is set
forth in Schedule "A", that the several sums set opposite the names of said owners and the described lots and
parcels of land are hereby levied and assessed upon and against said lots and parcels of land for said purpose;that
the several sums be collected fi•om the respective owners of said lots and parcels of land described in said
assessment list and owned by them; that the said sums shall be paid and the collection thereof be made in the
manner and in accordance with the laws of the State of Montana governing the collection of special assessments;
that failure to pay such assessment when the same shall become due and payable shall make such persons and
such lots and parcels of land liable to the penalties provided by law relative to delinquent taxes.
Section 2
That this assessment be levied and billed in October 2012 as are all other special assessments.
Section 3
That upon all assessments levied and assessed, simple interest shall be charged at the rate of 10
percent per year from the date this assessment becomes delinquent(December 1,2012)to the date the assessment
is paid.
Section 4
That the regular session of the Commission of the City of Bozeman, Montana, to be held in the City
Commission Room, 121 N Rouse Ave., Bozeman, Montana, on the 24'h day of September, 2012 at 6:00 p.m., is
hereby designated as the time and place at which objections to the final adoption of the Resolution will be heard
by said Commission.
Section 5
That the City Clerk, is hereby ordered and directed to publish in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, a daily
newspaper printed and published in said City of Bozeman a Notice signed by the City Clerk, stating that a
Resolution levying and assessing a special assessment to collect delinquent weed cutting and exterminating
charges, plus all other costs and expenses incurred thereby, by the City of Bozeman in Fiscal Year 2012, against
the property of which such service was rendered, is on file in the office of the City Clerk subject to inspection for
a period of ten (10) days; that said Notice shall state the time and place at which objections will be heard by the
Commission to the final adoption of this Resolution, and,that said Notice shall be published at least ten (10)days
before the date set by the Commission for hearing of objections and the final adoption of this Resolution.
APPROVED by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman, Montana, at a regular session thereof
held on the 2,Vh day of September,2012.
SEAN A.BTECKER
Mayor
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
G SULLIVAN
Ci ttorney