Subd. 1. Record of costs. The Department of Police shall maintain a record of the costs per police visit in response to nuisance activities. The cost of providing such services is determined by the gross salaries including all fringes and benefits which are paid by the city for law enforcement staff, while responding to or dealing with these nuisance activities, the prorata cost of all materials and equipment including vehicles, the cost of repairs to any city equipment and property damaged in responding to such nuisance activities, and the cost of any medical treatment of any injured law enforcement officers. These costs shall be recalculated from time to time. In addition to maintaining a record of the costs per police visit, the Department shall maintain a record on individual properties of the cost of police series attributable to nuisances occurring after written notice has been sent to the owner and interested persons. The Department of Police shall report such information to the Director of Financial Services or his or her designee.
Subd. 2. Resolution approving total, setting date of public hearing. On or before October 1 of each year, the Director of Administrative Services or his or her designee shall notify the City Council of the total cost of such excessive police services performed during the previous year and the portion of such costs to be assessed against each lot and parcel of property that utilized excessive police services in response to nuisance activity. Upon receipt thereof, the Council shall by resolution fix a date for public hearing at which time the Council shall consider adopting and levying the service charges. The date of public hearing shall be at least 20 days after adoption of said resolution.
Subd. 3. Notice of council hearing. Following the adoption of the resolution provided in Subd. 2 above, the City Clerk shall publish a notice of the hearing in a daily newspaper of the city at least five days prior to the public hearing. The notice shall state the date, time and place of hearing, the purpose of the hearing, identify the services provided and the property to be assessed a service charge therefore, and shall state the proposed rates of service charges to be considered by the Council.
Subd. 4. Notice to owner and interested parties. At least ten days before the hearing, notice thereof shall be mailed by first class mail to the owner and any interested party known to the city, at his or her last known address.
Subd. 5. Public hearing; adoption of assessment roll. On the date of public hearing the Council shall meet to consider the adoption of the proposed service charges. The Council shall hear all interested parties concerning the proposed charges. At such meeting or at any adjournment thereof, the Council may amend the proposed service charges, and shall, by resolution, adopt the service charges as a special assessment against the properties which utilized excessive police services in response to nuisance activities. Special assessments levied hereunder shall be payable in a single installment.
Subd. 6. Certificate to county for collection with taxes. After adoption by resolution of the service charges and assessment rates therefore, and no later than November 15, the City Clerk shall transmit a certified copy of said resolution to the County Department of Property Taxation to be extended on the proper tax list of the county and collected the following year along with current taxes.
Subd. 7. Appeal. Within 20 days after adoption of the resolution adopting the service charges, any person aggrieved may appeal to the District Court from the resolution.
(Ord. 504, passed 2-14-04)