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Item No. 6 <br />TO: Mayor & Council <br />FROM: John Godwin, City Manager <br />SUBJECT: LIEN RELEASE AUTHORITY <br />DATE: June 29, 2018 <br />BACKGROUND: We unfortunately deal with a significant number of abatement liens related to <br />code enforcement cases in which the city must do the work when the owner fails to do so. The <br />city invoices the owner for such work, and then if the owner does not pay, files a lien against the <br />property so we can collect if and when the property sells. <br />STATUS OF ISSUE: When a municipal abatement lien becomes uncollectible because a tax suit <br />has foreclosed it, a need exists to release that lien as soon as is reasonably possible. The attached <br />resolution will authorize the city manager or his/her designee to execute a release of the lien in <br />those instances. <br />BUDGET: NA <br />