Sewer Charges Delinquent - LienMEMORANDUM
December 8, 2003
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
Delinquent Sewer Charges
Finance Director Ken TeKippe is recommending submission of the delinquent sewer
accounts to the Dubuque County Treasurer in order to establish real property liens for
collection of such past due accounts.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
M~chael C. Van Milligen
MCVM/jh
Attachment
cc: Barry LindahL, Corporation Counsel
Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager
Ken TeKippe, Finance Director
CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
MEMORANDUM
DATE:
December 8, 2003
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
MICHAEL VAN MILLIGEN, CITY MANAGER
KEN TEKIPPE, FINANCE DIRECTOR /~-~
DELINQUENT SEWER CHARGES
INTRODUCTION
The propose of this memorandum is to request City Council authorization for the attached
resolution to submit delinquent sewer accounts to the Dubuque County Treasurer to establish
real property liens for collection of such past due accounts.
BACKROUND
Section 44-83 of the Code of Ordinances authorizes the City to levy and collect just and
equitable charges, rates or rentals upon all lots, parcels of real estate and buildings that are
connected directly or indirectly with the sanitary sewer system. Section 44-86 of the Code of
Ordinances provides that the City shall have a lien upon the real property served by the sanitary
system for delinquent rates and charges. The Code further provides for the preparation ora
resolution assessing the delinquent sewer charges to the benefited properties and authorizing the
City Clerk to certify, as of December 31st of each year, a delinquent list to the Dubuque County
Treasurer for collection with, and in the same manner as, genera] property taxes.
I have reviewed the delinquent sewer accounts and have undertaken efforts to receive payment.
Collection efforts have resulted in the collection of numerou~s delinquent accounts, however, the
attached serviced accounts have refused to remit the past due sewer charge payments.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the delinquent sewer accounts identified in the attached resolution be
certified to the Dubuque County Treasurer for collection with, and in the same manner as,
general property taxes.
RESOLUTION NO. 506-03
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT SEWER
ACCOUNTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 44-83 AND 44-86 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
Whereas, Section 44-83 of the Code of Ordinances authorizes the City to levy
and collect just and equitable charges, rates or rentals upon all lots, parcels or real
estate and buildings that are connected directly or indirectly with the sanitary sewer
system; and
Whereas, Section 44-86 of the Code of Ordinances provides that the City shall
have a lien upon the real property served by the sanitary sewer system for all delinquent
rates and charges; and
Whereas, delinquent sewer charges shall be certified as December 31st of each
year by the City Clerk to the Dubuque County Treasurer for collection with, and in the
same manner as, general property taxes.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DUBUQUE, IOWA:
Section 1. That the persons hereinafter named, owning the following described
property, have unpaid sewer charges in the amount set out and that said charges are
delinquent.
NAME AND ADDRESS
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
AMOUNT
Michael J. Schetgen
3922 Inwood Av
10-12-181-001
Lot 53 & 54 Oneills North Dub Add
$310.63
J Foht 10-12-358-007 $298.83
723 Peru Rd Lot 20 Maple Leaf Add ~2
Ricky J Hurst
3975 Inwood Av
10-12-177-005
Lot 39 & 40 Oneills North Dub Add
$141.67
Gary Bernhard
11 O0 Roosevelt St
10-12-201-003
Lot 4 Wersinger Sub
$312.63
Vincent Ehrlich
333 Olympic Hgts Rd
10-11-378-003
Lot 9 BIk 1 Olympic Hgts
$418.80
$198.23
James Gassman 10-28-477-011
3483 Crescent Ridge Lot 2-1-1-1-1-1-1 MIN LOT 232
Section 2. That the City Clerk be and is hereby ordered and directed to certify to
the County Treasurer of Dubuque County, Iowa, that the persons named herein are
delinquent in the payment of sewer charges in the amounts set forth above and that
said delinquent sewer charges shall be collected in the same manner as general
property taxes against the respective parcels of property set opposite the name of the
property owner.
Section 3. That the delinquent sewer charges shall be collected with, and in the
same manner as, general property taxes as provided by law.
Passed, approved and adopted this
15th day of December 2003.
Terrance M. Duggan, Mayor
Attest:
Jeanne F. Schneider,
City Clerk
//Jeanne F. Schn~(der
v City Clerk