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The property owners of Dougherty Lake pay an annual assessment.  The assessment for 2010 is $300.00. The assessment is invoiced by City and Village Tax Office.  The invoice is mailed in mid-April and becomes delinquent on June 1.  The collector's phone number is 314-739-4800.  Address is:
City and Village Tax Office
#3 Hollenberg Court
Bridgeton, MO 63044
Assessments are addressed in the Dougherty Lake Restrictive Agreement.  Following is the relevant paragraphs.

19. ASSESSMENTS; LIENS.

(a) There is imposed upon each lot subject hereto a charge for assessments, to be made in the manner, in the amount, and for the purposes hereinafter described.
(b) The Trustees shall have the power to make uniform annual assessments upon all lots ,subject to this Restrictive Agreement, each lot to be assessed equally in .such amounts as the Trustees shall determine to be necessary to carry out their responsibilities and perform the purposes of this Restrictive Agreement; provided, that the amount of ,such assessments shall be limited as follows: The maximum annual assessment shall be Three Hundred Dollars (5300.00) per lot on January 1, 2010, and in each year thereafter the maximum annual assessment shall be based upon Three Hundred Dollars (,300.00) increased in portion to the increase since January, 1, 2010 in the US. Department of Labor's Consumer Price Index (All Urban Consumers, All Items, for ,St. Louis, Missouri)

 Each assessment made pursuant to this paragraph shall be due and payable thirty (30) days after written notice thereof is given to the owners of record of the respective lot against which such assessment is made. If unpaid when due, each such assessment shall forthwith become a lien upon and against such lot, bearing interest at the rate of eighteen per cent (18%) per annum until paid, when lien may be enforced by the Trustees by a suit for foreclosure and sale of such lot to satisfy such lien and the expenses of suit, sale and foreclosure, including reasonable attorney’s fees, provided, no action for foreclosure may be commenced until such assessment shall be more than One Hundred Twenty (120) days delinquent.

 If any assessment shall be unpaid when due, the Trustees may, in their discretion, execute and file for record a Notice of Lien identifying the lot or lots subject thereto and the amount due. If such notice has been recorded and a lien identified therein is subsequently paid, the Trustees shall furnish to the owners of the affected lot written evidence of satisfaction and discharge of said lien, executed and acknowledged by the Trustees.