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CITY OF GEM LAKE, MN <br />4707 Hwy 61 # 253 <br />White Bear Lake, MN 55110-3227 <br />E-mail City(q,gemlakeMN.or <br />Telephone 651-747-2790 <br />Resolution 2007-07 <br />Resolution establishing limited sewer back-up, clean-up <br />and property damage protection for municipal sewer customers <br />WHEREAS, the city affords municipal sanitary sewer services to many of the property <br />owners within the city, and <br />WHEREAS, on occasion blockages or other conditions in the city sanitary sewer lines <br />may result in the back-up of sewage into properties that are connected to these city <br />sanitary lines, and <br />WHEREAS, sewer back-ups into property pose a public health and safety concern, and <br />WHEREAS, it is not always easy to discern the exact cause and responsibility for <br />municipal sanitary sewer back-ups, and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council desires to encourage the expeditious clean-up or properties <br />that have encountered sewer back-ups, and <br />WHEREAS, the City is a member of the League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust, and <br />WHEREAS, the League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust is making available to the <br />city a limited "no-fault" sewer coverage that will reimburse property owners for certain <br />clean-up cost and property damage irrespective of whether City is thought to be legally at <br />fault. <br />NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Gem Lake, <br />Minnesota, as follows. <br />As part of the contract for the provision of sewer services to the customers of the City <br />and in consideration of the payment of sewer bills, the City agrees to reimburse its <br />sanitary sewer customers for up to $ 10,000 of clean-up costs and property damages <br />caused by a sanitary sewer back-up, irrespective of whether the city is thought to be <br />negligent or otherwise legally liable for those damages, subject to the following <br />conditions: <br />Look for us on the World Wide Web at geralakemn.org <br />