§ 46-156. Special charge for village staff services.

(a)

Charges authorized.

(1)

Whenever the offices of the village attorney, village engineer or any other of the village's contract professional staff or whenever a member of the village's full-time staff are contacted for current services regarding a specific person's or entity's property, development or other special matter in the Village of Hartland by the village president, village board member, village board committee member, or village commission member or any representative, employee, agent or designee of the village, or a property owner or any person or entity or a respective representative, if said contact(s) result in a cumulative cost to the Village of Hartland in excess of $500.00 for such professional and staff time and services and said service is not a service provided to the Village of Hartland as a whole, then the village administrator shall be authorized to charge said person or entity for the current service provided and/or pursuant to Wis. Stats. § 66.0627, to impose a special charge for that current service to the benefited property owner for the fees incurred by the village.

(2)

This section shall be enforced on the basis of the policy as established by the village by resolution enacted by the village board and revised from time to time that shall include schedules for cash deposits and other means of securing payment to the village.

(b)

The village clerk or village finance director is authorized to invoice each person or entity for special charges, allowing a period of time, not more than 30 days, to pay for current services provided to that person or entity by village contract professionals or village staff. The invoice shall include an itemized statement of the professional or staff services provided.

(c)

The village clerk or village finance director shall give each property owner, invoiced for current services, notice that a hearing may be requested before the village board regarding the charges against the property. If a hearing is timely requested in writing within 20 calendar days of the mailing of the invoice for current services, the matter shall be heard in accordance with the provisions of this section on the issue of the cost of professional or staff costs incurred to benefit a specific land owner.

(d)

If any amount remains unpaid after the 30 days allowed for payment where no hearing has been timely requested, the village clerk shall automatically charge that delinquent amount, plus any applicable penalty and/or interest, against the current or next tax roll as a delinquent tax against the property pursuant to Wis. Stats. § 66.0627. In the event the invoice rendered to a property owner or the time allowing for payment precludes placement on the current year's tax roll, any such delinquent charge shall be extended to the following year's tax roll.

(e)

Upon receipt of a timely request for a hearing on the invoice for special charges, the village board shall hold a hearing regarding same at its next regular meeting or, at its discretion, at a special meeting. Such hearing shall be preceded by posted public notice and written notice to the property owner.

(f)

When a timely hearing has been requested, no current special charges for services shall be placed on the tax roll until a hearing has been held and a decision has been rendered and reduced to writing, a copy of which shall be mailed to the property owner. Only that part of the special charges for services approved by the village board may be placed on the tax roll after the property owner has been given 30 days to pay from the date of the village board's decision.

(g)

The village, in addition or instead of the above, may follow any other legal means to collect the amounts due.