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TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: Snow and Ice Removal and Garbage Collection Assessments
DATE: July 12, 2011
Housing and Community Development Department Director David Harris is
recommending authorizing the City Clerk to certify snow and ice removal charges and
garbage collection charges to the Dubuque County Treasurer in order to establish real
property liens for collection of such charges.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
Michael C. Van Milligen
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Attachment
cc: Barry Lindahl, City Attorney
Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager
David Harris, Housing and Community Development Department Director
Dubuque
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INTRODUCTION
DISCUSSION
RECOMMENDATION
ACTION STEP
July 7, 2011
Micha Van Milligen, City Manager
DavidNris, Housing and Community Development Department
Snow and ice removal and garbage collection assessments
cc: Barry Lindahl, City Attorney
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The purpose of this memorandum is to request City Council to adopt the attached resolution
authorizing the City to certify snow and ice removal and garbage collection charges to the
Dubuque County Treasurer in order to establish real property liens for collection of such
charges.
Section 364.12.2.b of the State of Iowa Code and Title 6- 6 -3C2o of the Code of Ordinances
provides that snow and ice are considered a substandard condition requiring abatement. Title
6 -6 -4B3 provides that the City may have the conditions abated and Title 6 -6 -6B provides that
the City Clerk shall certify such cost for abatement to the County Treasurer and it shall then
constitute a lien against said property and be collected with and in the same manner as general
taxes on said properties.
It is recommended that the snow and ice removal and garbage collection charges identified in
the attached resolution be certified to the Dubuque County Treasurer for collection with, and in
the same manner as general property taxes.
The action step is for the City Council to adopt the attached resolution authorizing the City Clerk
to certify the snow and ice removal charges and garbage collection charges to the Dubuque
County Treasurer.
NOTICE OF FILING OF
DELINQUENT SNOW
AND ICE REMOVAL
AND GARBAGE
COLLECTION
CHARGES IN
ACCORDANCE WITH
TITLE 64-3C2o 'TITLE
6- 6-43,3. & TITLE
6-6B OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF DUBUQUE,
IOWA.
Title 6- 6-3C2o of the
Code of ` Ordinances
provides that snow and
ice and garbage are
considered a sub-
standard condition that
requires that such
conditions be ordered
to be remedied,
Title 5 -6 -4B3 provides
that the City shall have
the authority to correct
a nuisance that is
"palpably and indisput-
ably such," without
notice.
Title 6 -6B provides
that the City Clerk shall
certify such cost for
the abatement of
situations where the
nuisance is "palpably
and indisputably such
to the County
Treasurer and it shall
then constitute a lien
against said property .
and be collected with
and in the . same
manner as general
taxes on said
properties.
As of June 8, 2011, the
costs for a nuisance
that are "palpably and
indisputably such,"
such as delinquent
snow and ice removal
and garbage collection
charges, shall be
certified by the City
Clerk to the Dubuque
County Treasurer for
collection with, and in
the same manner as,
general property taxes.
The persons herein-
after named, owning
the following described
property, have unpaid
snow and ice removal
and garbage collection
charges in the amount
set out and said
charges are delin-
quent.
NAME AND ADDRESS,
PROPERTY DESCRIP-
TION, AMOUNT
Close, Dawn M, 705
-Rose, Dubuque IA
52001, 24-355 -009 S
1/2 LOT 7 CUMMINS
SUB 705 - 705 1/2
ROSE, $85.00; Dubuque
Properties LLC, 1805
State Street Suite 103,
Bettendorf, IA52722,10-
21,5 -001 W 59' OF S
LOT 1 -97 . L H
ORTHY'S ADD
78 WASH -'
INGTON, $435.00;
Blake, Thomas J &
Martha J, 115 Skyline
Drive, Guttenberg IA
52052, 10- 24-203 -023 E
35' -LOT 84 L H
LANGWORTHY'S ADD
215 -217 E 22ND ST,
$925.00; Jentz, Janis E,
1610 Jackson Street,
Dubuque IA 52001, 10-
24- 268 -021 5 18'3" OF
LOT 82 EAST DUBUQUE
ADD, -$920.00; High
Performance LLC, 8505
Southern ,
Dubuque, IA 5203, 10-
24- 403 -002 S 1/2-OF N
1/5 OF CITY LOT 454,
$359.00; Dubuque Pro-
perty Management,
8505 Southern Hills
Court Dubuque, IA
52003, Lots 46;5,0 and
Lot 2 of 51 of, Lenox
Addition, $301.00;
Schueller, Irvin G Jr &
Sharon K, 2233 Jackson
Street, Dubuque, IA
52001, 10- 24-202 -012 E
1/2 -LOT; 11 L H
LANGWWORTHYS, ADD
2233-2235 " JACKSON,
$100.00; Husemann,
Larry, H & Brenda A,
483 Peach Street, East
Dubuque IL 61025, 10-
24410.002 N 1/2 OF M
1/5. OF ,CITY LOT 476,
$110.00; , Property
Investments :: +: Group
LLC, 605. Bluff Street,
Dubuque, IA 52001, 10-
24- 207 -008 L H LANGS
ADD N 65' LOT 112134-
2146 CENTRAL AVE,
$300.00; Then, Richard
Henry, Testamentary
Trust, 4812 Then Road,
Bernard' IA 52032,10 -24-
' 213 -001 W 1/2-LOT 43
& 5,28' -W 1/2 -LOT 42 L
H LANGWORTHY'S
ADD, $235:00; ' Rubel,
Doris M, 6778 Crystal
Lake Cave Rd,-Dubuque
IA 52003; 10 -11- 328 -004
S 32' -275 DAVIS FARM
ADD, $40.00; Blake,
Thomas J & Martha J,
115 ;Skyline' Drive,
Guttenberg IA 52052,
10- 24-127 -030 LOT 1 -3-
135 & 1 -4 -135 L H
LANGWORTHY'S, ADD
357 -357 1/2 KAUFMAN
AVE, $95.00; Dever-
eaux, Robert J &
Maribeth P, P 0 Box
684, Elk Grove Village
IL 60009, 10 -24 -430 -009
S 1/2 LOT 56 EAST
DUBUQUE ADD,
$100.00; Heming,
William James, 1218
Lincoln, Dubuque IA
52001, 11 -18- 310 -004
LOT 6 KIENE'S SUB,
$420.00; Fransen, Gary
Lee, • - 2285 Francis,
Dubuque IA 52001, 10-
24- 128 -018 LOT 29 & N
1/2 OF LOT 28' TIVOLI
ADD, $160.00; Prehm,
Greg A, 8505 Southern
Hills Court, Dubuque,
IA 52003, 10 -24- 381 -006
LOT 4 M A MCDANIELS
SUB 574 -576 CHEST-
NUT, $150.00; Dubuque
IA 52003; McLaughlin,
Gregory W & Jeannette
M., 620 1/2 Alta Vista,
Dubuque IA 52001, 10-
13 -454 -050 NE 23' LOT
10 & SW 21'6" LOT 11
HAMBURG ADD 711 -711
1/2 E22ND ST; $110.00;
Beecher, Judith Ann, 55
Milwaukee, Dubuque
IA 52001, 10 -14- 228 -013
LOT 20 LINHAN PARK
ADD, $110.00; Hoover,
Stuart G, 850 White
Street, Dubuque IA
52001, 10 -24- 385 -007
FARLEYS SUB E 1/2 OF
LOT 11, $220.00.
You are hereby
notified that the City
Clerk be and is hereby
ordered and djrected
to certify to the County
Treasurer of Dubuque
County, Iowa, that the
persons named herein -
before are delinquent
in the payment of snow
and ice removal and
garbage collection
charges in the amount
set aside of the
respective names, and
that said amounts shall
be collected in the
same manner as
general property taxes
against the respective
parcels of property set
opposite the names of
the owners.
This notice given by
direction of the City
Council of the City of
Dubuque, Iowa,- as
provided in Section
384.60 of the Code of 1
Iowa.
/s /Kevin S Firnstahl
Acting City Clerk
2t 7/21, 28
STATE OF IOWA {SS:
DUBUQUE COUNTY
CERTIFICATION OF PUBLICATION
I, Suzanne Pike, a Billing Clerk for Woodward Communications, 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: July 21 & 28, 2011, and for which the charge is $104.64.
Subscribed to before Notary Public in and for Dubuque County, Iowa,
this dayo� 20 // .
Notary Public in and for Dubuque County, Iowa.
MARY K. WESTERME ■ -
CommUslon Number 154 -
RESOLUTION NO. 218 -11
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO COLLECT DELINQUENT SNOW AND ICE
REMOVAL AND GARBAGE COLLECTION CHARGES IN ACCORDANCE WITH
TITLE 6- 6 -3C2o; TITLE 6 -6 -4B3 & TITLE 6 -6B OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
WHEREAS, residential properties in the City of Dubuque are considered substandard if
any conditions exist to an extent that endanger life, limb, health, property, safety or welfare of
the public or the occupants thereof; and
WHEREAS, whenever in the judgment of the Housing Officer, a nuisance that is
"palpably and indisputably such" exists which requires immediate action to protect the public
health, safety or welfare of the public, the Housing Officer may order the emergency abatement
of such; and
WHEREAS, delinquent snow and ice removal and garbage collection charges
shall be certified 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 I. That the persons hereinafter, owning the properties thereby set forth, are
delinquent in the payment of snow and ice removal and garbage collection charges:
NAME AND ADDRESS
Close, Dawn M
705 Rose
Dubuque IA 52001
Dubuque Properties LLC
1805 State Street Suite 103
Bettendorf IA 52722
Blake, Thomas J & Martha J
115 Skyline Drive
Guttenberg IA 52052
Jentz, Janis E
1610 Jackson Street
Dubuque IA 52001
High Performance LLC
8505 Southern Hills
Dubuque IA 52003
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION AMOUNT
10 -24- 355 -009 $ 85.00
S 1/2 LOT 7 CUMMINS SUB 705 - 705 1/2 ROSE
10 -24- 215 -001 $435.00
W 59' OF S 42' OF LOT 1 -97 L H LANGWORTHY'S ADD
2076 -2078 WASHINGTON
10 -24- 203 -023 $925.00
E 35' -LOT 84 L H LANGWORTHY'S ADD 215 -217 E
22ND ST
10 -24- 268 -021 $920.00
S 18'3" OF LOT 82 EAST DUBUQUE ADD
10 -24- 403 -002 $359.00
S 1/2 OF N 1/5 OF CITY LOT 454
NAME AND ADDRESS PROPERTY DESCRIPTION AMOUNT
Dubuque Property Management
8505 Southern Hills Court
Dubuque IA 52003
Schueller, Irvin G Jr & Sharon K
2233 Jackson Street
Dubuque IA 52001
Husemann, Larry H & Brenda A
483 Peach Street
East Dubuque IL 61025
Property Investments Group LLC
605 Bluff Street
Dubuque IA 52001
Then, Richard Henry
Testamentary Trust
4812 Then Road
Bernard IA 52032
Rubel, Doris M
6778 Crystal Lake Cave Rd
Dubuque IA 52003
Blake, Thomas J & Martha J
115 Skyline Drive
Guttenberg IA 52052
Devereaux, Robert J & Maribeth P
P 0 Box 684
Elk Grove Village IL 60009
Heming, William James
1218 Lincoln
Dubuque IA 52001
Fransen, Gary Lee
2285 Francis
Dubuque IA 52001
Prehm, Greg A
8505 Southern Hills Court
Dubuque IA 52003
Mclaughlin, Gregory W &
Jeannette M
620 1/2 Alta Vista
Dubuque IA 52001
$301.00
Lots 46 -50 and Lot 2 of 51 of Lenox Addition
10 -24- 202 -012 $100.00
E 1/2 -LOT 31 L H LANGWORTHYS ADD 2233 -2235
JACKSON
10 -24- 410 -002 $110.00
N 1/2 OF M 1/5 OF CITY LOT 476
10 -24- 207 -008 $300.00
L H LANGS ADD N 65' LOT 11 2134 -2146 CENTRAL
AVE
10 -24- 213 -001 $135.00
W 1/2-LOT 43 & S 28' -W 1/2-LOT 42 L H
LANGWORTHY'S ADD
10 -13- 328 -004 $ 40.00
S 32' -275 DAVIS FARM ADD
10 -24- 127 -030 $ 95.00
LOT 1 -3 -135 & 1 -4 -135 L H LANGWORTHY'S ADD 357-
357 1/2 KAUFMAN AVE
10 -24- 430 -009 $100.00
S 1/2 LOT 56 EAST DUBUQUE ADD
11 -18- 310 -004 $420.00
LOT 6 KIENE'S SUB
10 -24- 128 -018 $160.00
LOT 29 & N 1/2 OF LOT 28 TIVOLI ADD
10 -24- 381 -006 $150.00
LOT 4 M A MCDANIELS SUB 574 -576 CHESTNUT
10 -13- 454 -050 $110.00
NE 23' LOT 10 & SW 21'6" LOT 11 HAMBURG ADD 711-
711 1/2 E 22ND ST
NAME AND ADDRESS
Beecher, Judith Ann
55 Milwaukee
Dubuque IA 52001
Hoover, Stuart G
850 White Street
Dubuque IA 52001
Attest:
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION AMOUNT
10 -14- 228 -013 $110.00
LOT 20 LINHAN PARK ADD
10 -24- 385 -007
FARLEYS SUB E 1/2 OF LOT 11
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 hereinbefore are
delinquent in the payment of snow and ice removal and garbage collection charges in the
amount set aside of the respective names, and that said amounts shall be collected in the same
manner as general property taxes against the respective parcels of property set opposite the
names of the owners.
Passed, approved and adopted this 18 t}day of July
Ke in S Firn tahl
Acting City Clerk
, 2011.
$220.00
7 Roy D. Buol, Mayor
NOTICE OF FILING OF DELINQUENT SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL AND GARBAGE
COLLECTION CHARGES IN ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE 6 -6 -3C2o; TITLE 6 -6-4B3 & TITLE
6 -6B OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA.
Title 6 -6 -3C2o of the Code of Ordinances provides that snow and ice and garbage are
considered a substandard condition that requires that such conditions be ordered to be
remedied.
Title 6 -6 -4B3 provides that the City shall have the authority to correct a nuisance that is
"palpably and indisputably such," without notice.
Title 6 -6B provides that the City Clerk shall certify such cost for the abatement of situations
where the nuisance is "palpably and indisputably such" to the County Treasurer and it shall then
constitute a lien against said property and be collected with and in the same manner as general
taxes on said properties.
As of June 8, 2011, the costs for a nuisance that are "palpably and indisputably such," such as
delinquent snow and ice removal and garbage collection charges, shall be certified by the City
Clerk to the Dubuque County Treasurer for collection with, and in the same manner as, general
property taxes.
The persons hereinafter named, owning the following described property, have unpaid snow
and ice removal and garbage collection charges in the amount set out and said charges are
delinquent.
NAME AND ADDRESS
Close, Dawn M 10 -24- 355 -009 $ 85.00
705 Rose S 1/2 LOT 7 CUMMINS SUB 705 - 705 1/2 ROSE
Dubuque IA 52001
Dubuque Properties LLC
1805 State Street Suite 103
Bettendorf IA 52722
Blake, Thomas J & Martha J
115 Skyline Drive
Guttenberg IA 52052
Jentz, Janis E
1610 Jackson Street
Dubuque IA 52001
High Performance LLC
8505 Southern Hills
Dubuque IA 52003
Dubuque Property Management
8505 Southern Hills Court
Dubuque IA 52003
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION AMOUNT
10 -24- 215 -001 $435.00
W 59' OF S 42' OF LOT 1 -97 L H LANGWORTHY'S ADD
2076 -2078 WASHINGTON
10 -24- 203 -023 $925.00
E 35' -LOT 84 L H LANGWORTHY'S ADD 215 -217 E
22ND ST
10 -24- 268 -021 $920.00
S 18'3" OF LOT 82 EAST DUBUQUE ADD
10 -24- 403 -002 $359.00
S 1/2 OF N 1/5 OF CITY LOT 454
$301.00
Lots 46 -50 and Lot 2 of 51 of Lenox Addition
NAME AND ADDRESS PROPERTY DESCRIPTION AMOUNT
Schueller, Irvin G Jr & Sharon K 10 -24- 202 -012 $100.00
2233 Jackson Street E 1/2 -LOT 31 L H LANGWORTHYS ADD 2233 -2235
Dubuque IA 52001 JACKSON
Husemann, Larry H & Brenda A
483 Peach Street
East Dubuque IL 61025
10 -24- 410 -002 $110.00
N 1 /2OFM 1/5 OF CITY LOT 476
Property Investments Group LLC 10 -24- 207 -008 $300.00
605 Bluff Street L H LANGS ADD N 65' LOT 11 2134 -2146 CENTRAL
Dubuque IA 52001 AVE
Then, Richard Henry
Testamentary Trust
4812 Then Road
Bernard IA 52032
Rubel, Doris M
6778 Crystal Lake Cave Rd
Dubuque IA 52003
Blake, Thomas J & Martha J
115 Skyline Drive
Guttenberg IA 52052
Fransen, Gary Lee
2285 Francis
Dubuque IA 52001
Prehm, Greg A
8505 Southern Hills Court
Dubuque IA 52003
Mclaughlin, Gregory W &
Jeannette M
620 1/2 Alta Vista
Dubuque IA 52001
10 -24- 213 -001 $135.00
W 1/2-LOT 43 & S 28' -W 1/2-LOT 42 L H
LANGWORTHY'S ADD
10 -13- 328 -004 $ 40.00
S 32' -275 DAVIS FARM ADD
10 -24- 127 -030 $ 95.00
LOT 1 -3 -135 & 1 -4 -135 L H LANGWORTHY'S ADD 357-
357 1/2 KAUFMAN AVE
Devereaux, Robert J & Maribeth P 10 -24- 430 -009 $100.00
P 0 Box 684 S 1/2 LOT 56 EAST DUBUQUE ADD
Elk Grove Village IL 60009
Heming, William James 11 -18- 310 -004 $420.00
1218 Lincoln LOT 6 KIENE'S SUB
Dubuque IA 52001
10 -24 -128 -018 $160.00
LOT 29 & N 1/2 OF LOT 28 TIVOLI ADD
10 -24- 381 -006 $150.00
LOT 4 M A MCDANIELS SUB 574 -576 CHESTNUT
10 -13- 454 -050 $110.00
NE 23' LOT 10 & SW 21'6" LOT 11 HAMBURG ADD 711 -
711 1/2 E 22ND ST
Beecher, Judith Ann 10 -14- 228 -013 $110.00
55 Milwaukee LOT 20 LINHAN PARK ADD
Dubuque IA 52001
NAME AND ADDRESS
Hoover, Stuart G
850 White Street
Dubuque IA 52001
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION AMOUNT
10 -24- 385 -007 $220.00
FARLEYS SUB E 1/2 OF LOT 11
You are hereby notified 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 hereinbefore are
delinquent in the payment of snow and ice removal and garbage collection charges in the
amount set aside of the respective names, and that said amounts shall be collected in the
same manner as general property taxes against the respective parcels of property set opposite
the names of the owners.
This notice given by direction of the City Council of the City of Dubuque, Iowa, as provided in
Section 384.60 of the Code of Iowa.
/s /Kevin S Firnstahl
Acting City Clerk