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CITY COUNCIL MEMORANDUM <br /> NO. 2020- <br /> December 15,2020 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor Moore Wolfe and City Council <br /> FROM: Scot Wrighton, City Manager <br /> Wendy Morthland, Corporation Counsel <br /> SUBJECT: ANNEXATIONS-COMPLETELY SURROUNDED 60 ACRES OR LESS <br /> RECOMMENDATION: On the Agenda are five separate ordinances annexing twenty-three total <br /> properties that are completely surrounded by City of Decatur boundaries and are sixty (60) acres <br /> or less. State statutes provide that property that is completely surrounded and sixty (60) acres or <br /> less in size may be annexed by the municipality that surrounds it. <br /> On November 16, 2020, City Council passed Resolutions indicating the City's intent to <br /> annex these twenty-three properties at the December 21, 2020, Council Meeting and authorizing <br /> publication of notices in a local newspaper. These notices indicating the City's intent to annex the <br /> subject properties was published for all twenty-three properties on November 26, 2020. Statutory <br /> notices were also provided to the taxpayers of record, the owners, the appropriate Township, Fire <br /> Protection District,Public Library District, and County officials. <br /> The annexation of these parcels is consistent with the policy previously articulated by the <br /> City Council: annex all surrounded parcels and those that are contiguous with a water service <br /> agreement in order to increase the census count and eliminate service islands. <br /> Staff recommends approval of the Ordinances. <br /> POTENTIAL OBJECTIONS: There are no known or expected objections, filed at the time of <br /> this report. <br /> STAFF REFERENCE: Scot Wrighton, City Manager, at 424-2801. <br /> Wendy Morthland, Corporation Counsel, at 424-2807. <br /> BUDGET/TIME IMPLICATIONS: None. <br />