ORD 07-14CITY OF OTSEGO
COUNTY OF WRIGHT
STATE OF MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 2007-14
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2007-09 ANNEXING UNINCORPORATED
LAND ABUTTING THE EXISTING CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF OTSEGO,
WRIGHT COUNTY, MINNESOTA PURSUANT TO MINNESOTA STATUTES
414.033, SUBDIVISION 2 (3) PERMITTING ANNEXATION BY ORDINANCE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OTSEGO ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, the City of Otsego on the 27a' day of August, 2007, after a duly noticed
public hearing, adopted Otsego Ordinance No. 2007-09 that extended the corporate limits
of the City of Otsego; and
WHEREAS, the adopted ordinance was submitted to the Minnesota Department of
Administration, Municipal Boundary Adjustments for review and approval; and
WHEREAS, Municipal Boundary Adjustments has requested that Section 3 of the
submitted ordinance be amended to set forth a payment formula with "substantially equal
payments".
NOW THEREFORE, the Otsego City Council hereby ordains as follows:
Section 1. Section 3 of adopted Otsego Ordinance No. 2007-09 is hereby deleted and
amended to read as follows:
In compliance with Minnesota Statutes 414.036, property taxes payable on the property
described in attached Exhibit A shall be apportioned and paid to Monticello Township in
accordance with this section. Property taxes payable on the annexed area shall be payable
to the Township for the year in which the annexation becomes effective. Thereafter,
property taxes shall be paid to the City but the City shall make a cash payment to the
Township yearly for a five (5) year period after the year of annexation (2007) in equal
payments. Each yearly payment shall be 50% of the property taxes paid in the year the
land was annexed. There are no special assessments or debt incurred by the Township
attributable to the annexed property outstanding and subject to reimbursement by the
City.
Section 2. The City Clerk is hereby directed to file a certified copy of this Ordinance
amending Ordinance 2007-09 with the Minnesota Department of Administration,
Boundary Adjustment Division, Secretary of State, Monticello Town Clerk, and the
Wright County Auditor.
ADOPTED this 8th day of October, 2007.
IN FAVOR: Mayor Fournier; Councilmembers: Heidner, Stockamp, Thorsted and
Darkenwald.
OPPOSED: None.
d Hudon, City Clerk
Published: Star News 10-17-07
2
CITY OF OTSEGO
L rry Fournier, Mayor