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Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Deanna Shannon, Special Assessment/SID Accounting Clerk
Chris Kukulski, City Manager
SUBJECT: Resolution 3962 / Assessment for Delinquent Snow Removal
MEETING DATE: September 25, 2006
BACKGROUND: The attached resolution, Resolution 3962,
Bozeman Municipal Code Chapter 12.24.010 thru 12.24.060
Snow Removal from side walks
RECOMMENDATION: Adopt Commission Resolution No. 3962.
FISCAL EFFECTS: None
ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the City Commission.
Respectfully submitted,
___________________________________ __________________________________
Deanna Shannon Chris A. Kukulski, City Manager
Special Assessment/SID Accounting Clerk
Attachment: Commission Resolution No. 3962
COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 3962
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, UNLESS PROVISIONALLY EXEMPTED, TO
DEFRAY THE COST AND EXPENSE FOR REMOVAL OF SNOW AND ICE FROM
SIDEWALKS IN THE CITY OF BOZEMAN UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER
12.24 OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN MUNICIPAL CODE.
WHEREAS, Chapter 12.24 of the Bozeman Municipal Code provides that every person in charge
or control of any building or land fronting or abutting on a paved sidewalk shall remove and clear away
snow and ice from said sidewalk; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 12.24 of the Bozeman Municipal Code provides that special assessments
shall be made, levied and collected annually, for the costs of snow and ice removal by the City against
property which person in charge or control of said property failed to remove; and
WHEREAS, Section 12.24.040 of the Bozeman Municipal Code provides that the City shall
annually pass and adopt a resolution levying on assessment and tax against each lot or parcel of land
fronting or abutting on the sidewalks which said snow or ice was caused to be cleared by the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman,
Montana:
Section 1. That to defray the estimated cost and expense for removal of snow and ice from
sidewalks in the City of Bozeman, plus penalties authorized by Chapter 12.24 of the Bozeman Municipal
Code, an assessment is hereby levied against the 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
of, a particular description of each lot and parcel of land with the name of the owner and/or owners and the
sum assessed against the same is set forth in the assessment list 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 from 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 Chapter 12.24 of the Bozeman Municipal Code, and 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 the fee for removal of snow and ice from specified sidewalks in the City of
Bozeman shall be the cost of such work, including administrative and enforcement costs. Administrative
and enforcement costs shall not exceed 20 percent or $20.00, whichever is greater, per occurrence.
Section 3. That this assessment be levied and be billed in October 2006 as are all other
special assessments.
Section 4. 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, 2006)
to the date the assessment it paid.
Section 5. That the regular session of the Commission of the City of Bozeman, Montana, to
be held in the Community Room in the Gallatin County Courthouse in said City on the 25th day of
September 2006, at 6:00 p.m., be designated as the time and place at which objections to the final
adoption of the Resolution will be heard by said Commission.
Section 6. That the City Clerk of the City of Bozeman, be, and he 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 defray the cost and expense for the removal of snow and ice from specified sidewalks in the
City of Bozeman in Fiscal Year 2006, 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 five (5) 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 five (5) days before the date set by the Commission for
hearing of objections and the final adoption of this Resolution.
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FINALLY PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman, Montana, at
a regular session thereof held on the _25th _day of September 2006.
_________________________________________
JEFF KRAUSS, Mayor
ATTEST:
_________________________________
BRIT FONTENOT, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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PAUL J. LUWE
City Attorney
N O T I C E
HEARING ON FINAL ADOPTION OF COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 3962 LEVYING A
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT TO DEFRAY THE COST FOR THE REMOVAL OF SNOW AND
ICE FROM SPECIFIED SIDEWALKS IN THE CITY OF BOZEMAN IN FISCAL YEAR 2006
AGAINST PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF BOZEMAN TO WHICH SUCH SERVICE WAS
RENDERED.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a regular session of the Commission of the City of Bozeman will be
held on the 25th day of September 2006, Commission Resolution No. 3962 shall be passed and adopted;
that said Resolution levies and assesses a special assessment to defray the cost for the removal of snow
and ice from sidewalks in the City of Bozeman in Fiscal Year 2006, upon all property to which such service
was rendered.
That said Commission Resolution No. 3962 is now on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of
Bozeman, subject to inspection of all persons interested, for a period of five (5) days; that Monday, the 25th
of September 2006, at 6:00 p.m. of said day at a regular session of the Commission of the City of
Bozeman, in the Community Room, in the Gallatin County Courthouse, 311 West Main Street, has been
designated as the time and place when and where said Commission will hear and pass upon any and all
objections that may be made to the final passage and adoption of said Commission Resolution No. 3962
and the levying of said assessment; and that said Resolution will be finally passed and adopted at said
regular session of said Commission, subject to such corrections and amendments that may be made upon
objections.
DATED this 25th day of September 2006.
____________________________________________
BRIT FONTENOT
City Clerk
Publish: Wednesday, September 6, 2006
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
SCHEDULE "A"DELINQUENT SNOW REMOVAL FY 07Customer ID #OwnerProperty AddressAmount Due6289Joseph McKoen Jr.2623 Daisy Dr206.72$