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Commission approves special-assessment resolution for four subdivision street and drainage projects
Summary
After a public hearing with no speakers, the Board adopted a resolution levying final special assessments for Dry Creek Estates, Drader Estates, and Stonewater Addition (street and drainage) with prepayment allowed through February.
The Sedgwick County Board of County Commissioners voted Jan. 8 to adopt a resolution formally levying final special assessments for four internal-improvement projects covering two Stonewater Addition items and street improvements in Dry Creek Estates and Drader Estates.
Garth Herman, the county’s bond counsel, told commissioners that notices and proposed final costs were mailed to property owners in the affected subdivisions and published as required. “There will be an opportunity for the property owners to prepay in full or in part their special assessments,” Herman said, adding that prepayment would be allowed through February (the materials did not specify a day).
Why it matters: The resolution starts formal assessment for the work and allows property owners to prepay before the county issues bonds and begins a 15-year assessment schedule for unpaid balances.
Key points - Projects: Dry Creek Estates street improvements; Drader Estates Addition street improvements; Stonewater Addition Phase 1 street improvements; Stonewater Addition drainage improvements. - Prepayment: Property owners may prepay assessments in full or in part through February (no exact date given in the staff presentation). After the prepayment deadline, outstanding amounts will be assessed and financed by the county’s general obligation bonds over 15 years. - Public input: The public hearing produced no speakers.
Vote and procedure The commission opened and closed the public hearing with no commenters and then adopted the resolution by roll call (aye votes from Commissioners Pete Meitzner, David Dennis, Jim Howe, Sarah Lopez and Chairman Ryan Beatty). Herman said county staff and bond counsel will proceed with the formal levy and the bond financing timetable.
Ending Property owners in the affected subdivisions will receive county communications with final assessment statements and instructions on prepayment and financing options.
