Title
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 700 SURREY AVENUE. (File No. CG1904E4, Assessment No. 190163) (Legislative Hearing on July 9, 2020)
Hearing Date(s)
Date of LH: 2/6/2020; 7/9/2020
Time of LH: 9:00 AM
Date of CPH: 7/15/2020
Tax Assessment Worksheet
Postcard Returned by: James Richards
Cost: $359.31
Hauling Service(s) Provided: Garbage Service; Jul 1 - Sep 30 2019
Type of Order/Fee: Trash Hauling
Billing Time Period: 3rd Quarter of 2019 (July 1 - September 30)
Invoice Date(s): July 1 - September 30
Garbage Hauler: Republic
Returned Mail/Notice Concerns?:
Stated Reason for Appeal (if given): Property owner stated that there are two different accounts for this address. One is in the Tenant's name and the other is in the owner’s name. The owner stated he has called Republic Services three times to have this issued fixed.
Staff Comments: Staff member contacted property owner and confirmed that there were not actually two accounts. Property owner was confused due to the fact that the account was in the tenants name so the tenant was getting the hauler invoices. Property owner thought that the assessment notices that he was receiving from the city meant that there were two accounts for the property. Staff did notice that the amount of $359.31 seems too high for a single 96-gallon cart. Hauler confirmed that the reason it was so high was that the property owner had called to cancel their account on 12/18/2018. On 04/15/2019, the hauler reopened the account effective 01/01/2019. Therefore the property owner was charged for services for a 96-gal cart during Quarter 1, Quarter 2, and Quarter 3 2019. However, this is incorrect. The final service charge should have only been for services provided from 04/15/2019 - 06/30/2019 ($85.36) and from 07/01/2019 - 09/30/2019 ($102.44). Therefore staff recommends that the assessment be reduced to $187.81.
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AMENDED 7/15/2020
WHEREAS, the Office of Financial Services Real Estate Sect...
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