Jan. 2, 2025

Residential customers are reminded of utility bill rate increases approved in the City’s 2025 budget. Increases effective Jan. 1 are as follows:

• Water & wastewater base charge per meter. $4.75 increase per month, per each single family dwelling;
• Garbage collection & disposal base charge. $0.05 increase per month, per family living unit; and
• Recycling collection & disposal base charge. $0.61 increase per month, per family living unit.

The total monthly base charge increase for a residential customer will be $5.41.

Property tax exemptions & credit forms due

Nonprofit property tax exemptions, paraplegic disabled exemptions, and blind exemptions are due Feb. 1.

Homestead and Veterans credit property credit forms are due March 31.

The Assessing Department recently mailed forms to property owners enrolled in these programs last year.

Qualifications and forms are available for new applicants in the Assessing office or online at cityofmandan.com/assessing. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 701-667-3232 or email assessing@cityofmandan.com.

The goal of these contests is to improve Mandan’s sparkle, accessibility and pedestrian-friendliness during the cold season.

Winter Decorating Award. Stay tuned for an announcement on public voting to occur this month.

Golden Shovel Award. The business voted to be keeping adjacent sidewalks clear of snow and ice will win Mandan’s golden shovel traveling award. Nominees will be welcomed through Feb. 1, 2025, with public voting to occur the following month. Local ordinance requires property owners to clean sidewalks of snow and ice within 24 hours of accumulation. Failure to do so can result in the City hiring a contractor for the job and billing the cost to the property owner. The minimum fee is $50 per occurrence plus the cost of services.

Nominations for Mandan’s winter awards are welcomed through an online form available at cityofmandan.com/winterawards. Stay tuned for an announcement of finalists later this winter and for public voting. Winners will be recognized at meetings of the Mandan City Commission in 2025.

The Primary Residence Credit provides homeowners the option to apply for a $500 state property tax credit through the Office of State Tax Commissioner. The application is open through March 31. Learn more and apply at tax.nd.gov/prc.

City staff would like to apologize for the tardiness of this mailer. It was supposed to go out in December, but instead should be received in early January.

Residents will soon receive a public works brochure and a household garbage and recycling collection schedule and map in the mail later this month. These two items were created with the announcement that the community calendar will not continue. Community events will still be shared in the monthly print newsletter, e-newsletter and online at visitmandan.com.

The Public Works brochure includes information on Spring Clean-Up Week, Community Clean-Up Month, Free Fall Landfill Week, Public Works Open House, recycling, garbage collection, and all divisions of Public Works.  

Join the Bismarck Mandan Chamber EDC for the 2025 State of the Cities Address on Tuesday, February 4 at the Bismarck Event Center, Hall A. A pre-event social and event check-in featuring a coffee bar will begin at 7 a.m., with the main event to follow from 8-10:30 a.m. At this event, you will gain insight from both Bismarck and Mandan mayors on the challenges and successes our community has faced throughout the past year, what we can look forward to in Bismarck-Mandan in the upcoming year, and a keynote address from a national economist to provide perspective into our future economic outlook.

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