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Council approves voluntary annexation of Brown County Fairgrounds; agreement preserves county jurisdiction
Summary
Aberdeen City Council approved an agreement with Brown County to annex the county fairgrounds while preserving county control over services, alcohol licensing and allowing a one-year de-annexation process; city attorney said municipal taxes on fairgrounds transactions would be remitted to the county in lieu of municipal services.
The Aberdeen City Council on Oct. 20 approved an agreement with Brown County to voluntarily annex the Brown County Fairgrounds into the city’s municipal boundary while leaving administrative control and some authorities with the county.
City Attorney Ron Weager told the council the annexation ordinance and the agreement together “provide the framework” for the arrangement, under which a new municipal taxing district would subject sales on the fairgrounds to municipal taxes and the revenues traceable to the fairgrounds would be remitted back to the county in exchange for the county’s continued exercise of primary jurisdiction and responsibility for services there.
Weager said the agreement preserves the county’s historical control: “the county will continue to exercise exclusive…
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