City Council Minutes 05-13-1980 SpecialMINUTES
SPECIAL MEETING - MONTICELLO CITY COUNCIL
May 13, 1980 - 7:00 P. M.
Members Present: Dan Blonigen, Fran Fair, Ken Maus, Phil White.
Members Absent: Arve Grimsmo.
Purpose of this special meeting was to conduct the annual Board of
Review. Mr. Orland Kreitlow, with the Wright County Assessor's Office,
reviewed the concerns expressed by the following individuals:
Steve Johnson, Lester Anderson, Cindy Rasmussen, Lee Trunnell,
Bill Thompson, Bob Mueller, John Mitchell, Doug Pitt,
Bob Mosford, Dr. John Kasper.
After review of the concerns expressed by the above individuals, adjust-
ments were made on the following parcels:
#155-010-071090 - Robert Mosford
Concern was expressed with the valuation of Mr. Mosford's office
building using a square footage figure of $37.75. The classifica-
tion system, as explained by Mr. Kreitlow, for office buildings
put them in the same classification as banks. Mr. Mosford
questionned the rationale of including offices in the same cate-
gory as banks, but felt that, if an adjustment were made to
include his office building in the same construction quality
per square footage valuation as the existing drive-in facility,
he would be satisfied. It appeared that Mr. Mosford's building
was one of the highest assessed commercial buildings in the
City of Monticello on a per square footage basis.
A motion was made by Fran Fair, seconded by Ken Maus and unanimously
carried to adjust the valuation of Mr. Mosford's building from
$37.75 per square foot to $28.00 per square foot.
#155-015-002020 - Dr. John Kasper
Concern was expressed with the valuation of the land compared to the
parcel immediately to the west which was of an equivalent size. The
parcel to the west is owned by Monticello Clinic, Ltd.
A motion was made by Ken Maus, seconded by Fran Fair and unanimously
carried to reduce Dr. John Kasper's assessment on the above parcel
for the land segment to equate it with the parcel immediately to
the west (Parcel #155-015-022010).
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#155-015-002120 - Dr. John Kasper
Concern was expressed with the valuation on this parcel being
increased from $100 to $5,000 since the City of Monticello had
an easement for sanitary sewer which Dr. Kasper felt made the
parcel unbui 1 dabl e .
A motion was made by Ken Maus, seconded by Fran Fair and unani-
mously carried to reduce the valuation on this parcel to $2,500.
A motion was made by Dan Blonigen, seconded by Fran Fair and unanimously
carried to adopt the valuation on City of Monticello property as presented
by the Wright County Assessor's Office and as amended above.
Meeting adjourned.
ry W eber
City Administrator
GW/ns