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SENIOR REBATES UTILITY BILL REFUND On August 1, the City began accepting 2000 Property On your November water and sewer bill you will Tax Rebate and Water Use Rebate applications for notice a refund. This mill levy refund is for all seniors. The rebates will be available through December Louisville utility customers,excluding irrigation billings 31, 2001. To qualify for a Property Tax Rebate,an and customers outside the City limits applicant must meet all of the following requirements: 0 The refund is to offset the mill „ow*`, • The applicant or his/her spouse must be 65 years levy that residents pay as a result of age or older by August 1, 2001; of the City of Louisville joining • The applicant must have been a resident of the the Northern Colorado Water City of Louisville for some part of the 2000 Conservancy District (NCWCD). calendar year. Only one allowance shall be paid to any resident or on any dwelling for a specific The NCWCD provides the City period of time; an alternate water supply during drought years. • The applicant or his/her spouse must have paid However, becoming members of the NCWCD added property taxes, or rent, on a dwelling unit in one mill levy to residents' property taxes. This mill which he/she lived and upon which property levy for a house valued at$200,000 would come to taxes were assessed for all or part of the 2000 $18.30. To offset the amount of the mill levy increase, calendar year. the City Council passed Resolution No. 46, Series You must bringyour property tax receipt or canceled check when 1996. This Resolution allows the filing. You may obtain a tax receipt from the Boulder `fob City to reimburse residents for that County Treasurer's Office. Please call 303-441-1655 and ,J mill levy through a water bill dial "0." rebate. This rebate is credited Applicants who are 65 years of age or older may also evenly to each City water customer receive a Water Use Rebate. To qualify,your total and will continue annually. household income, excluding Social Security and Black tit Lung Pension,must be under $12,000.00 for the 2000 The rebate will appear as a credit on your November water bill. calendar year. Please contact the Finance Department at 303-666- Persons who meet the above requirements may file for a 6565, ext. 101 if you have questions about this rebate at City Hall,in the office of the City Clerk (1St program or your utility billing. Floor). For more information,please contact Penney Bolte at 303-666-6565, ext. 143. "ID FOR ME" PROGRAM Do you know someone who is suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementia, disease, or injury that renders him or her unable to explain where they live? That person may be eligible for an ID For Me bracelet from the Louisville Police Department. The FREE ID For Me program is designed to assist in identifying where a disoriented person may belong if he or she has left home undetected. Identification is made with a specially designed bracelet with "ID For Me" and a serialized number on the face. The back of the bracelet is imprinted with the phone number for Boulder County Communications. A citizen encountering a disoriented person wearing an "ID For Me"bracelet can contact the police dispatch number engraved on the bracelet. A Boulder County Communications representative can identify that the person is enrolled with the Louisville Police Department by the number on the bracelet. The Louisville Police Department will then be able to assist in returning the lost individual home. Also,if a caregiver notices a resident missing, the police can be notified to look for a person with the bracelet. Upon enrollment a photograph of the person is taken and the bracelet is fitted. All information is confidential and will be maintained by the Louisville Police Department.There is no fee for this program.For further information, or to enroll, please call Commander Bill Kingston of the Louisville Police Department at 303-666-8633 Autumn 2001