3.4. SR 09-12-2005
**Item 3.4.**
MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Lori Johnson, Finance and Administrative Services Director
DATE: September 12, 2005
SUBJECT: Consider Resolution Designating the Maximum Household
Income level for Qualification for Deferral of Special
Assessments Based on Hardship
Cllapter 62, Section 1 of the Elk River City Code addresses the deferral of special
assessments. Citizens may defer special assessments if they are 65 years of age or older or
retired by virtue of permanent and total disability. In order to be eligible for the deferral, the
applicant must meet the 11ousellold income le,\Tels as established by resolution annually by the
City Council.
Attaclled is a resolution setting tile maximum household income le\Tels for 2005. ..A.s in the
past, the income levels are dle same as those used for the State of Ivlinnesota's Energy
i\ssistance Program.
Action Requested
The City Council is asked to adopt the attached resolution designating the maximum
housello1d income le\Tel for qualification for the deferral of special assessments based on
hardsllip.
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RESOLUTION 05-_
A RESOLUTION FOR THE CITY OF ELK RIVER
A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING THE MAXIMUM HOUSEHOLD INCOME
LEVEL FOR QUALIFICATION FOR DEFERRAL OF SPECIAL
ASSESSMENTS BASED ON HARDSHIP
WHEREAS, Section 62-1, Deferral of Special Assessments, of the Code of
Ordinances for the City of Elk River, Minnesota, states that the Council
shall annually approve, by resolution, a maximum household income
level in order to qualify for deferral; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the maximum household income
allowable in order to qualify for deferral of special assessments based
on hardship, assuming that the other qualifications are also met, is as
follows for 2005:
Household Size
I
2
3
4
5
Maximum Annual Gross Income
$18,819
$24,609
$30,399
$36, 190
$41,980
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Elk
River, Minnesota, that in order to qualify for deferral of assessments based on hardship
in 2005, the above household income requirements must be met.
Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Elk River, Minnesota, this 12th day
of September 2005.
Stephanie Klinzing, Mayor
ATTEST:
Joan M. Schmidt, City Clerk
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