PUBLISH

(July 22, 2022)

CITY OF NEW ULM

BROWN COUNTY

STATE OF

MINNESOTA

NOTICE OF PUBLIC

HEARING

on PROPOSED PRO-

PERTY TAX

ABATEMENT

NOTICE IS HEREBY

GIVEN, that the City

Council of the City of

New Ulm, Brown

County, Minnesota, will

conduct a Public Hear-

ing on Tuesday, Au-

gust 2, 2022 at 4:30

p.m. in the Council

Chambers located in

the New Ulm City Hall,

100 North Broadway,

New Ulm, Minnesota,

relating to the use of

property tax abatement

and the approval of a

Development Agree-

ment for the purpose of

funding development

costs associated with

the Black Frost Distil-

ling, LLC building pro-

ject, pursuant to Min-

nesota Statutes, Sec-

tion 469.1812 to

469.1815, inclusive, as

amended. The project

will produce three new

jobs.

The total amount of the

tax abatement shall not

exceed $128,400 and

will be provided over a

period of up to 15

years commencing in

the year 2024. The fol-

lowing tax parcel is

proposed to be includ-

ed in the property tax

abatement area:

Parcel Identification

Number:

001.580.216.07.180

The proposed property

tax abatement project

has a street address of

201 1st North Street

and is legally described

as:

Sublot A of Lots 8, 9

and 10, Block 216,

Park Addition, North of

Center Street and that

part of Block 216, Park

Addition, North of

Center Street, City of

New Ulm, Brown

County, Minnesota, ly-

ing Northeasterly of a

line parallel with and

distant 25 feet

Northeasterly, meas-

ured at right angles

and radially, from the

center line of the main

track of the Chicago

and North Western

Transportation Com-

pany (formerly the

Winona and St. Peter

Railroad Company), as

said main track is now

located and lying

Southwesterly of a line

parallel with and dis-

tant 50 feet Northeas-

terly, measured at right

angles and radially,

from the center line of

the main track of the

Winona & St. Peter

Railroad Company

(now the Chicago and

North Western Tran-

sportation Company),

as said main track

center line was origi-

nally located and esta-

blished, all in the City

of New Ulm, Brown

County, Minnesota.

AND

Lot 7, Block 216, Park

Addition, North of

Center Street, City of

New Ulm, Brown

County, Minnesota.

Copies of the Abate-

ment Resolution and

Development Agree-

ment proposed for

adoption will be on file

and available for public

inspection at the Office

of the City Manager in

the New Ulm City Hall.

All interested persons

in attendance will be

given an opportunity to

speak on this matter.

Written testimony may

also be submitted prior

to the meeting to:

Office of the City

Manager

City of New Ulm

100 North Broadway

New Ulm, Minnesota

56073

comments@newulmmn.gov

For further information,

call the City Manager’s

Office at

507-359-8233.

BY ORDER OF THE

CITY COUNCIL

Nicole L. Jorgensen

Finance Director

Dated at New Ulm,

Minnesota

this 21st day of July,

2022

www.ci.new-ulm.mn.us

PUBLISH

(July 22, 2022)

Notice of Hearing on

Final Special Assess-

ment Roll

Notice is hereby

given that the City

Council will meet on

Tuesday, August 2,

2022, at 4:30 p.m. at

the Council Chambers

in City Hall, 100 North

Broadway in the City of

New Ulm, Minnesota,

56073 to consider and

adopt the final special

assessment prepared

by the City Manager to

defray the cost of the

following improve-

ments:

Final Assessment

Roll for the

2021 Surface Recon-

struction Project

The improvements

constructed on this

project that are being

specially assessed at

this time are as fol-

lows:

1. 3rd North Street

from Garden Street to

Washington Street

(4 blocks)

2. 8th North Street

from Franklin Street to

Washington Street

(1 blocks)

3. 18th North Street

from Broadway to

State Street

(1 blocks)

4. 20th North Street

from US HWY 14 to

North Broadway

(3 blocks)

5. Franklin Street from

17th North Street to

US HWY 14

(3 blocks)

Total 12 Blocks

The proposed assess-

ment rolls are on file

for public inspection at

the City Finance

Department. The fol-

lowing is a summary of

the costs of these im-

provements:

Amount Proposed

Total Cost

To Be Assessed

$420,959.56

$115,668.00

Written or oral objec-

tions will be considered

at the public hearing.

No appeal may be tak-

en as to the amount of

an assessment unless

a signed, written objec-

tion is filed with the Fi-

nance Director prior to

the hearing or present-

ed to the presiding off-

icer at the hearing.

After the public hearing

the City Council may

adopt the proposed

special assessment

roll. You will have 30

days from the adoption

date to pay the entire

final special assess-

ment amount without

interest to the Brown

County

Auditor-Treasurer’s Of-

fice. After such time,

you may pay to the

County Auditor the en-

tire amount of the as-

sessment remaining

unpaid, plus the in-

terest accrued to De-

cember 31st of the

year in which such

payment is made.

Such payment to the

County must be made

before November 15th

or interest will be

charged through De-

cember 31st of the

succeeding year. The

unpaid balance of any

assessment will be

levied by Brown Coun-

ty and will be collected

as an assessment on

your property tax state-

ment over a ten (10)

year period along with

a 2.60% percent sim-

ple interest charge on

the unpaid balance.

An owner may appeal

an assessment to dis-

trict court pursuant to

Minnesota Statutes

Section 429.081 by

serving notice of the

appeal upon the Mayor

or Finance Director of

the City within 30 days

after the adoption of

the assessment and fil-

ing such notice with the

district court within ten

days after service upon

the Mayor or Finance

Director.

Under Minnesota Sta-

tutes 435.193 to

435.195 the Council

may, in its discretion,

defer the payment of

this special assess-

ment for any home-

stead property owned

by a person 65 years

of age or older for

whom it would be a

hardship to make these

payments. When

deferment of the spe-

cial assessment has

been granted and is

terminated for any rea-

son provided by law,

all amounts accumulat-

ed plus applicable in-

terest become due.

Any assessed property

owner meeting the re-

quirements of this law

and City Code Section

2.80 adopted under it

may, within 30 days of

the confirmation of the

assessment apply to

the Finance Director on

such forms as are

prescribed by the

County Auditor for

such deferral of pay-

ment of this special as-

sessment on his pro-

perty.

www.newulmmn.gov

Questions regarding

the proposed assess-

ment should be direct-

ed to the City

Engineer’s Office at

(507) 359-8380.

By Order of the City

Council

Dated at New Ulm,

Minnesota this 7th day

of June 2022.

Nicole L. Jorgensen

Finance Director

PUBLISH

(July, 22, 2022)

Notice of Public

Hearin

Notice Is Hereby

Given, that the City

Council of the City of

New Ulm, Brown

County, Minnesota will

meet in the Council

Chambers in the New

Ulm City Hall on Tues-

day, August 2, 2022 at

4:30 p.m. to set new

liquor license fees.

All persons and parties

who may desire to be

heard with reference to

said proposal are invit-

ed to attend or to sub-

mit written comments

or questions. Send or

obtain any information

by contacting: Nicole L.

Jorgensen, Finance

Director, 100 North

Broadway, New Ulm,

Minnesota 56073,

(507) 359-8259.

By Order of the City

Council

Nicole L. Jorgensen

Finance Director

Dated at New Ulm,

Minnesota

This 5th day of July

2022.

www.newulmmn.gov