Memorandum
REPORT TO:
City Commission
FROM:
Bernie Massey, Customer Service & Billing Supervisor
Laurae Clark, City Treasurer
Melissa Hodnett, Finance Director
SUBJECT:
Resolution to Levy and Assess Delinquent Weed Removal Charges
MEETING DATE:
September 22, 2026
AGENDA ITEM TYPE:
Resolution
RECOMMENDATION:
Consider the Motion: I move to adopt Commission Resolution to levy and assess delinquent weed removal charges, excluding any charges paid as of 4:00 pm today, September 22, 2026.
STRATEGIC PLAN:
BACKGROUND:
The Code Compliance Officer sends notices to property owners in response to complaints by citizens regarding the removal of nuisance weeds and grass on or near their properties. If the owners do not respond to the notice by the date indicated, the city contracts for the removal of the weeds and grass on their behalf. The property owners are then billed for the actual costs incurred by the City of Bozeman. The property owner listed on Schedule A of the attached resolution has not paid the charges billed to them in FY27.
MC 7-22-4101. Control of nuisance weeds within municipality.
(1) The city or town council has power to:
(a) declare and determine what vegetation within the city or town shall be nuisance weeds;
(b) provide the manner in which they shall be exterminated;
(c) require the owner or owners of any property within said city or town to exterminate or remove nuisance weeds from their premises and the one-half of any road or street lying next to the land or boulevard abutting thereon; and
(d) provide, in the event the owner or owners of any of said premises neglect to exterminate or remove the nuisance weeds therefrom, for levying the cost of such extermination or removal as a special tax against the property.
(2) A noxious weed as defined in 7-22-2101 may not be declared a nuisance weed under this section.
UNRESOLVED ISSUES:
None
ALTERNATIVES:
As suggested by the City Commission.
FISCAL EFFECTS:
Recover the charges that have been accrued due to weed abatement totaling $1,917.50.