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Committee approves annual special-assessment levy totaling about $4.2 million
Summary
Regulatory Services told the committee Nov. 13 that the 2025 special-assessment levy for unpaid fees and fines currently totals about $4.2 million and includes new categories such as public-health cleanup and prolonged vacancy enforcement; committee approved certification of the levy.
City Regulatory Services presented the annual special-assessment levy on Nov. 13, reporting a total of about $4.2 million as of Oct. 31 for unpaid administrative citations, nuisance abatements (mowing, trash removal), vacant-building registration fees, demolition costs and renter-relocation assistance.
Nick Magrino highlighted three new components this year: public-health cleanup charges (assessed under Minnesota Statutes chapter 145A with no interest and no public-hearing requirement), administrative citations from Public Works tied to CSO/rain-leader disconnects, and monthly prolonged vacancy enforcement (PVE) administrative citations that began flowing into the levy after a code change. The PVE program accounts for roughly $400,000 of the assessed total, Magrino said.
Several public speakers raised due-process concerns in an active case (M and S Properties / Hamoudi Sabri), and counsel Claire Lehi said her client received short notice of the hearing. Magrino said notices were mailed on Oct. 3 and one mail piece was returned by the post office; he also said staff emailed and called counsel after noticing an incorrect meeting time on public materials.
Committee members asked about collection mechanisms; Magrino said unpaid administrative citations are added to property taxes at year-end, and if unpaid could lead to tax forfeiture in several years. Council member Cashman moved the levy forward for approval; the committee voted to certify the levy.
