[Adopted 8-13-1981 by Ord. No. 144]
The City of Arcadia hereby pursuant to § 66.01, Wis.
Stats., hereby elects that § 66.069(1)(b), Wis. Stats., shall not apply in the City of Arcadia in its present
form but that said section shall be amended as hereafter provided
and then reenacted as a part of the charter of the City of Arcadia.
Said § 66.069(1)(b), Wis. Stats., is hereby amended so it
shall read as follows:
On October 15 in each year notice shall be given to the owner
and occupant of all lots or parcels of real estate in the City of
Arcadia to which utility services have been furnished prior to October
1 by one or more of the utilities owned and operated by the City of
Arcadia as municipal utilities and payment or payments for which are
owing and in arrears at the time of giving such notice. It is hereby
provided that the municipal utility services included hereunder are
water service charges by the municipal water utility of said municipality,
sewerage service charges by the municipal sewer utility of said municipality
and electric service charges by the municipal electric utility of
said municipality. The notice or notices for each utility with delinquent
charges shall be given by the utility with the delinquencies. Such
notice shall be in writing and shall state the amount of the arrears
including any penalty assessed pursuant to the rules of such utility
and that unless the same is paid by November 1 thereafter a penalty
of 10% of the amount of such arrears will be added thereto and that
unless such arrears, with any such added penalty, shall be paid by
November 15 thereafter, the same will be levied as a tax against the
lot or parcel of real estate to which the utility service was furnished
and for which payment is delinquent as above specified. Such notices
may be served by delivery on either such owner and occupant personally
or by letters addressed to such owner or occupant at the post office
address of such lot or parcel of real estate. On November 16 the utility
issuing the notice shall certify and file with the City Clerk a list
of all lots or parcels of real estate, giving the legal description
thereof, for all charges for which notice of arrears and payment were
given as above specified and which arrears still remain unpaid, and
stating the amount of such arrears together with the added penalty
thereof as herein provided. Each such delinquent amount, including
such penalty, shall thereupon become a lien upon the lot or parcel
of real estate to which the utility services were furnished and payment
for which is delinquent, and the Clerk shall insert the same as a
tax against such lot or parcel of real estate. The Clerk shall within
10 days thereafter give notice to the owner of the real estate in
the manner set forth above for giving the other notices notifying
such owner that the lien had attached and the amount of the lien.
It is hereby provided that if the owner and occupant are not the same
parties that the utility serving the notices shall serve both persons.
Service on said parties and each of them is considered sufficient
if mailed to the post office address of the lot or parcel of real
estate in question. If the utility or Clerk giving the notice has
the address of any such party which is an address other than the lot
or parcel affected, then such utility or Clerk shall in addition mail
a copy of such notice or notices to the second address. On November
16 along with the certifications required above the utility shall
also file with the Clerk proof of the making of the services provided
for above which were made prior to November 16. If the Clerk receives
notices on November 16 of delinquencies from more than one utility
on a particular lot or parcel of land, said Clerk may combine the
delinquencies for inserting the tax. All proceedings in relation to
the collection of general property taxes and to the return and sale
of property for delinquent taxes shall apply to said tax if the same
is not paid within the time required by law for payment of taxes upon
real estate.
[Adopted 8-10-1989 by Ord. No. 150]
The City Clerk-Treasurer shall retain the tax roll and make
collections through July 31. On or before August 15, the City Clerk-Treasurer
shall return the tax roll to the County Treasurer. The County Treasurer
shall collect all returned delinquent real property taxes, special
assessments, special charges and special taxes together with interest
and penalty assessed from the previous February 1, as provided under
§ 74.47, Wis. Stats.
This article shall take effect on and after its date of publication
and shall first apply to the collection of the 1989 property tax bill.