NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the City Council of the City of Harmony, Minnesota, will meet at 7:00 p.m. on November 12, 2024 to consider, and possibly adopt, the proposed assessment for roadway improvements to the below streets. This meeting will be held in the Council Room of the Harmony Community Center, 225 3rd Ave SW Harmony, MN 55939.
Adoption of the proposed assessment may occur at the hearing.
- 4th Street NE
- 4th Street NW
- Portions of 2nd Ave NE
- Portions of 5th St NE
- Main Street Alleyway between 1st St NE and Center St E
The total cost of the entire project is the sum of $1,794,528.18 of which $554,342.44 is the sum proposed to be assessed against the benefited properties for street improvements, which are those properties abutting the streets described above, all within the City of Harmony, Minnesota. The proposed assessment roll is on file for public inspection at the office of the City Clerk. Written and oral objections will be considered at the above hearing.
No appeal may be taken as to the amount of any assessment adopted by the City Council at the above hearing unless a written objection is signed by the affected property owner and filed with the City Clerk prior to the assessment hearing or presented to the presiding officer at said hearing. Any owner aggrieved by the adoption of any assessment adopted at the above hearing, may appeal to the District Court of Fillmore County, Minnesota, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 429.081, by serving a notice of appeal upon the Mayor or Clerk of the City of Harmony within thirty (30) days after the adoption of the assessment, and by filing such Notice and proof of such service with the Clerk of the District Court, Preston, Minnesota, within ten (10) days after said service upon the Mayor or City Clerk.
Property owners are further advised that Minnesota Statutes Sections 435.193 to 435.195 grant the City of Harmony the authority to enact an ordinance deferring payment on any assessment levied by the City against homestead property owned by a person of 65 years of age or older, or retired by virtue of a permanent and total disability for whom it would be a hardship to make the payments. These sections further provide for a procedure whereby any qualified homeowner may make application for deferral of payment of any such assessments. A copy of Minnesota Statutes Section 435.193 to 435.195 is on file in the office of the City Clerk and available for inspection by the public.
Dated this 22nd day of October, 2024.
Alissa Stelpflug
City Administrator/Clerk
Published in the Fillmore County Journal on October 28th and November 4th, 2024