Delinquent Garbage and Junk Collection AccountCity of Dubuque
City Council Meeting
Consent Items # 026.
Copyrighted
June 20, 2022
ITEM TITLE: Delinquent Garbage and Junk Collection Account
SUMMARY: City Manager recommending approval of the levy of special
assessments for Junk and Garbage Enforcement Programs with the
Health Services Department for properties enforced on from December
2021 to May 2022.
RESOLUTION Adopting the Schedule of Assessments for 2022 and
Directing the City Clerk to Certify the Schedule of Assessments to the
County Treasurer and to Publish Notice Thereof
SUGGESTED Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Adopt Resolution(s)
DISPOSITION:
ATTACHMENTS:
Description
Nuisance Junk Garbage Assessment-MVM Memo
Nuisance Assessment Memo
Delinquent Nuisance Notice to Property Owners
Resolution to Council Health Services
Schedule of Assessments
Type
City Manager Memo
Staff Memo
Supporting Documentation
Resolutions
Supporting Documentation
THE CITY
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Masterpiece on the Mississippi
TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: Nuisance/Junk/Garbage Assessments
DATE: June 14, 2022
Dubuque
All -America City
IN
2007.2012.2013
2017*2019
Public Health Specialist Mary Rose Corrigan recommends City Council approval of the
levy of special assessments for Junk/Garbage Enforcement Programs with the Health
Services Department by adoption of a resolution establishing the final assessment
schedule. This project reflects properties enforced on from December 2021 to May
2022.
The total amount of the assessments is $475.00, which is being levied against 1 parcel
of property.
In addition to the assessment, one municipal infraction (MI) was issued resulting in $750
in fines and court costs.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
Mic ael C. Van Milligen
MCVM:sv
Attachment
cc: Crenna Brumwell, City Attorney
Cori Burbach, Assistant City Manager
Mary Rose Corrigan, Public Health Specialist
THE CITY OF Dubuque
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Masterpiece on the Mississippi
2007-2012•2013•2017
TO: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
FROM: Mary Rose Corrigan, Public Health Specialist
SUBJECT: Nuisance/Junk/Garbage Assessments
DATE: June 2, 2022
INTRODUCTION
The enclosed material provides for the levy of special assessments for Junk/Garbage
Enforcement Programs with the Health Services Department. This project reflects
properties enforced on from December 2021 to May 2022.
DISCUSSION
The City received compliance from the majority of the property owners who received
notices. One (1) property owner did not comply with a notice to remove garbage/junk
(see attached Schedule of Assessments).
In such situations, the policy of the City is to correct the violations and levy the costs
against property owners in the form of a special assessment, including the costs of a
contractor performing the work and a $25 administrative charge. The City hires private
contractors as provided for in State statute, but in the case, the Public Works
Department was able to do the work.
The total amount of the assessments is $475.00, which is being levied against one (1)
parcel of property.
In addition to the assessment, one municipal infraction (MI) was issued resulting in $750
in fines and court costs.
RECOMMENDATION
I recommend that the City Council approve the attached final assessment schedule.
ACTION TO BE TAKEN
The City Council is requested to adopt the attached resolution establishing the final
assessment schedule.
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Attachment
THE CITY OF
DUB E
Masterpiece on the Mississippi
City Clerk's Office
Dubuque City Hall
50 Street
Dubuque,
lA 52001-4864
All -America City (563) 589-4120 office
(563) 589-0890 fax
ctyclerk@cityofdubuque.org
www.cityofdubuque.org
2W i - 2012. 2013 . 2 1:
June 2, 2022
CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS
NOTICE OF FILING OF THE SCHEDULE OF ASSESSMENTS FOR
NUISANCE/JUNK/GARBAGE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS
TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE PROPERTIES SHOWN ON THE BELOW
SCHEDULE OF ASSESSMENTS:
You are hereby notified that the below Schedule of Assessments has been adopted by
the City Council of the City of Dubuque, Iowa, and that said Schedule of Assessments has
been filed with the County Treasurer of Dubuque County, Iowa.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED THAT ASSESSMENTS MAY BE PAID IN FULL OR
IN PART WITHOUT INTEREST AT THE UTILITY BILLING OFFICE, 50 W. 13TH
STREET, DUBUQUE, IOWA, 52001, AT ANY TIME WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE
DATE OF THIS NOTICE.
After 30 days, unpaid special assessments are payable at the County Treasurer's Office,
Dubuque County Courthouse, 720 Central Avenue, Dubuque, Iowa, and charges shall be
collected in the same manner as general property taxes against the respective parcels of
the property set opposite the name of the property owner.
This Notice given by direction of the City Council of the City of Dubuque, Iowa, as provided
in the Code of Iowa.
Adrienne Breitfelder, City Clerk
SCHEDULE OF ASSESSMENTS
NUISANCE/JUNK/GARBAGE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS
December 2021-May 2022
Property Address; Owner; Parcel; Legal Description; Contractor; Date
cut/cleaned up by contractor; Expense; Admin. Fee
2302 Washington St; Audrey Bergfeld, 2302 Washington St., Dubuque, IA 52001;
1013460033; Lot 1-1 Bee Branch Subdivision No. 1; Public Works Department;
12/09/2021-1 450.00-7 25.00
If you have questions, please contact the City of Dubuque Health Services Department
at 563-589-4181.
Thank you,
Adrienne Breitfelder, City Clerk
RESOLUTION NO. 227-22
ADOPTING THE SCHEDULE OF ASSESSMENTS FOR 2022 AND DIRECTING THE
CITY CLERK TO CERTIFY THE SCHEDULE OF ASSESSMENTS TO THE COUNTY
TREASURER AND TO PUBLISH NOTICE THEREOF
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DUBUQUE, IOWA:
Section 1. That after full consideration of the Schedule of Assessments attached hereto
for junk/garbage removal tax assessments which Schedule of Assessments was filed in
the office of the City Clerk on the 20th of June 2022, the said Schedule of Assessments be
and the same is hereby approved and adopted.
Section 2. That there be and is hereby assessed and levied as a lien upon the real
property, the respective sums indicated.
Section 3. That the City Clerk be and is hereby directed to certify said schedule
to the County Treasurer of Dubuque County, Iowa, and to publish notice of said
certification once each week for two consecutive weeks in the manner provided in Iowa
Code § 362.3, the first publication of which shall be not more than fifteen days from the
date of filing of the final schedule. On or before the date of the second publication of the
notice, the City Clerk shall also mail a copy of said notice to property owners whose
property is subject to assessment, as provided and directed in Iowa Code § 384.60.
Section 4. The assessments may be paid in full or in part without interest at the Health
Services Department, 1300 Main Street, Dubuque, Iowa, at any time within 30 days after
the date of the first publication of the notice of the filing of the Schedule of Assessments
with the County Treasurer. After 30 days, unpaid assessments are payable at the
County Treasurer's Office, Dubuque County Courthouse, 720 Central Avenue, Dubuque,
Iowa, and charges shall be collected in the same manner as general property taxes against
the respective parcels of the property set opposite the name of the property owner.
Passed, approved, and adopted this 20th day of June, 2022
Brad:WCavanagh,•
Attest: /�%
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Adrienne N. Breitfelder, City Clerk
NOTICE OF FILING OF THE SCHEDULE OF ASSESSMENTS
FOR
JUNK/GARBAGE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS
TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE PROPERTIES SHOWN ON THE ATTACHED
SCHEDULE OF ASSESSMENTS:
You are hereby notified that the attached Schedule of Assessments has been adopted
by the City Council of the City of Dubuque, Iowa, and that said Schedule of
Assessments has been filed with the County Treasurer of Dubuque County, Iowa.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED THAT ASSESSMENTS MAY BE PAID IN FULL OR
IN PART WITHOUT INTEREST AT THE HEALTH SERVICES DEPARTMENT, 1300 MAIN
STREET, DUBUQUE, IOWA, 52001, AT ANY TIME WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE
OF THIS NOTICE.
After 30 days, unpaid special assessments are payable at the County Treasurer's
Office, Dubuque County Courthouse, 720 Central Avenue, Dubuque, Iowa, and charges
shall be collected in the same manner as general property taxes against the respective
parcels of the property set opposite the name of the property owner.
This Notice given by direction of the City Council of the City of Dubuque, Iowa, as provided
in the Code of Iowa.
Adrienne N. Breitfelder, City Clerk
Property Address
Owner
Parcel
Legal Description
Audrey Bergfeld 2302
Washington St
Lot 1-1 Bee Branch
2302 Garfield
Dubuque IA 52001
1013460033
Subdivision No. 1
Contractor
Date cut/cleaned up by
contractor
Expense
Admin. Fee
Public Works
12/09/2021
450
25
WebQA No.
Sent Expense Ltr?
Taken to City Council
Notes
W212244-120721
12/22/2021
6/20/2022
Junk/Garbage
STATE OF IOWA SS:
DUBUQUE COUNTY
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION
I, Kathy Goetzinger, a Billing Clerk for Woodward
Conununications, Inc., an Iowa corporation, publisher
of the Telegraph Herald, a newspaper of general
circulation published in the City of Dubuque, County
of Dubuque and State of Iowa; hereby certify that the
attached notice was published in said newspaper on the
following dates:
06/24/2022 07/01/2022
and for which the charge is 43.20
C,
Su scribed to be ore me, a Notary Purl li in and for
Dubuque County, Iowa,
this 1st day of July, 2022
K P.,IaA.
Notary bli in and for Dubuque Co ty, Iowa.
ANET N. berA P 1E:j
mala%ton Numoer [99859omm. Exp. DEC i [, 2022
Ad text : CITY OF DUBUQUE
NOTICE OF FILING OF THE SCHEDULE OF ASSESSMENTS
FOR
JUNK/GARBAGE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS
TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE PROPERTIES SHOWN ON THE
ATTACHED SCHEDULE OF ASSESSMENTS:
You are hereby notified that the attached Schedule of
Assessments has been adopted by the City Council of the City
of Dubuque, Iowa, and that said Schedule of Assessments has
been filed with the County Treasurer of Dubuque County, Iowa.
You are further notified that assessment may be paid in full
or in part without interest at the Health Services Department,
1300 Main Street, Dubuque, Iowa, 52001, at any time within 30
days after the date of this notice.
After 30 days, unpaid special assessments are payable at the
County Treasurer's Office, Dubuque County Courthouse, 720
Central Avenue, Dubuque, Iowa, and charges shall be collected
in the same manner as general property taxes against the
respective parcels of the property set opposite the name of
the property owner.
This Notice given by direction of the City Council of the
City of Dubuque, Iowa, as provided in the Code of Iowa.
/&/Adrienne N. Breitfelder, City Clerk
Schedule of Assessments
Junk/Garbage Enforcement Programs
Location; Owner; Parcel #; Amount; Category
Property Address: 2302 Garfield; Owner: Audrey Bergfeld
2302 Washington St Dubuque IA 52001; Parcel: 1013460033; Total
Assessed: $475.00; Junk/Garbage
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