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Arapahoe council directs filing of liens for unpaid vacant-property registration fees
Summary
The City Council adopted Resolution No. 2024-28 directing the program administrator Five Rule, LLC to file notices of special assessment and liens against properties with unpaid initial Vacant Property Registration Program fees; the resolution references state VPR statutes and an Exhibit A list of affected properties.
The Arapahoe City Council on Oct. 22 adopted Resolution No. 2024-28 directing the city’s Program Administrator, Five Rule, LLC, to file notices of special assessment and liens in the Furnas County Register of Deeds for residential properties that failed to pay initial Vacant Property Registration (VPR) program fees.
The resolution cites the Vacant Property Registration Act (Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5401 et seq.) and municipal code provisions that authorize an initial registration fee of $250 for residential properties and $1,000 for commercial properties, with supplemental six-month fees while a property remains registered. The council resolution instructs the program administrator to file liens in the amounts listed in Exhibit A; the Exhibit enumerating legal descriptions and unpaid amounts is referenced in the resolution but not reproduced in the meeting transcript.
Motion to file notices and liens was made by Councilman Carpenter and seconded by Councilman Middagh. Roll-call vote was recorded as ayes from tenBensel, Paulsen, Carpenter, Polston, Middagh and Kreutzer; the mayor declared the motion passed.
The resolution directs that the notice of special assessment and lien substantially comply with a form attached as Exhibit B (also not included in the transcript) and that the filings be made in the office of the Furnas County Register of Deeds. The transcript does not list the individual property addresses or unpaid totals beyond the general reference to Exhibit A.
Next steps according to the resolution are administrative: Five Rule, LLC is to file the notices of special assessment and liens as drafted; affected property owners will have the lien recorded against the property. The transcript does not record any public comment on the resolution during the meeting.
