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Council approves first reading to annex Brown County Fairgrounds; sales tax to be remitted to county for improvements
Summary
The council approved first reading of an ordinance to enable voluntary annexation of the Brown County Fairgrounds into the city, with a companion annexation agreement that will remit sales-tax revenue collected at the fairgrounds back to the county for fairgrounds improvements and allow the county to de-annex if conditions change.
Aberdeen City Council approved first reading of Ordinance 25-10-03, which creates the legal framework for the voluntary annexation of the Brown County Fairgrounds and implements an annexation agreement between the city and Brown County. Under the agreement described to the council, if the fairgrounds are annexed the municipal sales tax collected on fairground transactions will be remitted to the county for fairgrounds improvements and operations rather than retained by the city. The county agreed not to seek municipal services for the property; in…
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