HomeMy WebLinkAboutA1. Resolution 4649 Solid Waste
Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Carol Neibauer, Assistant Treasurer
Laurae Clark, City Treasurer Anna Rosenberry, Administrative Services Director
SUBJECT: Resolution 4649 / Delinquent Garbage Charges
MEETING DATE: October 5, 2015
AGENDA ITEM TYPE: Action
RECOMMENDATION: Approve Commission Resolution No. 4649
BACKGROUND: Letters were sent out in early July on all delinquent accounts notifying the previous and new owners of the delinquent charges outstanding and the process of placing those
charges as a lien on the real property should they not be paid. Only the one account for two
properties listed on schedule A of the attached resolution remains delinquent.
BMC 32.02.060 Costs of Collection and Disposal – Collection and Payment – Solid Waste Fund: The rates established by resolution shall be set as monthly fees and those fees shall be
included on the monthly water and sewer statement and will become delinquent if not paid by the
15th of the month in which the bill is received. If the monthly fees are not paid within thirty days
after they have become delinquent the delinquent amount shall be a lien against the property against which they are severally assessed and levied until paid and discharged and shall be subject to the same penalties for delinquency in payment when due and payable as are other
special assessments and levies made by the City and as authorized by the laws of the state.
FISCAL EFFECTS: Recover delinquent garbage charges that have not been paid totaling $464.50.
ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the City Commission.
Attachments: Resolution 4649 Memo compiled on: September 29, 2015
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COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 4649 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 DEFRAY THE COST AND EXPENSE OF COLLECTING, REMOVING AND DISPOSING OF SOLID WASTE.
WHEREAS, Section 8.16.050 of the Bozeman Municipal Code provides for the monthly billing of
customers on the City’s solid waste collection system; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 8.16 of the Bozeman Municipal Code requires a resolution annually establishing
the rates for the collection, removal and disposal of solid waste; and
WHEREAS, on the 13th day of August 2001, the City Commission of the City of Bozeman adopted
Commission Resolution No. 3467, which established the rates the City charges customers for the collection,
removal and disposal of solid waste; and
WHEREAS, on the 17th day of March 2003, the City Commission of the City of Bozeman adopted
Commission Resolution No. 3581, amending the rates the City charges customers for the collection, removal and
disposal of solid waste; and
WHEREAS, on the 7th day of June 2010, the City Commission of the City of Bozeman adopted
Commission Resolution No. 4259, amending the rates the City charges customers for the collection, removal and
disposal of solid waste; and
WHEREAS, on the 5th day of August 2013, the City Commission of the City of Bozeman adopted
Commission Resolution No. 4458, amending the rates the City charges customers for the collection, removal and
disposal of solid waste; and
WHEREAS, certain customers on the City’s solid waste collection system failed to pay the charges or
fees for the collection, removal and disposal of this waste from their property.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman, State of
Montana:
Section 1
To defray the costs of the collection, removal and disposal of solid waste from property where the
customer has failed to pay the appropriate charge or fee, 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 hereof, and which includes a particular description of each lot and parcel of
land with the name of the owner and/or owners with the sum assessed against the same set forth therein; 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 the laws
of the State of Montana governing the collection of special assessments; and 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 for
such assessment and any penalties provided by law relative to delinquent taxes.
Section 2
This assessment be levied and be billed in October 2015 as are all other special assessments.
Section 3
The regular session of the Commission of the City of Bozeman, Montana, to be held in the
Commission Room at City Hall, 121 N Rouse Ave., in said City on the 5th day of October, 2015 at 6:00 p.m., is
designated as the time and place at which objections to the final adoption of the Resolution will be heard by said
Commission.
Section 4
The City Clerk of the City of Bozeman is hereby 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 against the property for which solid waste services were
rendered, to defray the cost and expense for collecting, removing and disposing of solid waste from specified
properties in the City of Bozeman in Fiscal Year 2015, is on file in the office of the City Clerk; 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.
APPROVED by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman, Montana, at a regular session thereof
held on the 5th day of October, 2015.
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____________________________________________
JEFFREY K. KRAUSS Mayor
ATTEST:
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STACY ULMEN, CMC City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM:
____________________________________________ GREG SULLIVAN City Attorney
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Schedule A
Acct Service Address Mailing Address City,State,Zip MR Account #TX Account #Total Due
Joshua Burnham-Superior Roofing 2717 Annie St 3365 Parkway Ave Bozeman, MT 59718 8732 81120 58.50$
Joshua Burnham-Superior Roofing 807 W Babcock 3365 Parkway Ave Bozeman, MT 59718 8732 14150 406.00$
Total 464.50$
Deliquent Special Garbage Charges
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