Northfield council lists delinquent grass, cleanup accounts for county tax certification

Resolution 2021-31, placed on the Sept. 8, 2021 agenda for the Village of Northfield, would authorize the finance director or a designee to certify delinquent grass, weed-cutting and property clean-up bills to the Summit County Fiscal Officer for placement on the tax duplicate and collection.

The resolution cites Chapter 660 of the Village’s Codified Ordinances, which requires property owners to keep grass and weeds below six inches and to remove trash and unsanitary materials, and explains that unpaid municipal remediation charges may be certified to the county and collected with property taxes. The measure is described in the text as an emergency so certified accounts can meet the deadline to appear on property tax bills mailed in December 2021.

An attached Exhibit A lists specific parcels and per-property charges proposed for certification. The exhibit includes individual entries such as a $1,700.00 charge shown for property owners Bernice Vilk and Susan Waller; the document presents multiple additional parcel-level amounts. The resolution text does not record a council vote or who moved or seconded the measure in this transcript excerpt.

If adopted and signed by the mayor, the action would permit the finance director to forward the listed delinquent accounts to the Summit County Fiscal Officer for inclusion on the tax duplicate; the transcript does not record whether council approved, amended, or postponed the resolution during the meeting. The council record attached to the agenda supplies the resolution language and the exhibit but does not include debate or a roll-call in these segments.