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Administrator updates board on legislative outreach, landfill bills, property transactions and public defender vacancy

2704648 · March 19, 2025
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Summary

The county administrator briefed commissioners on Capitol outreach about property-tax concerns, pending bills affecting the demolition landfill, a pending purchase-and-sale for jail-adjacent property, Northern Township sewer purchase-and-sale work, and an open public defender contract after the death of a long-time defender.

County Administrator Barry updated the board on recent legislative and operational matters. He said county representatives participated in meetings at the Capitol to press concerns about rising property taxes and sales-tax impacts related to the jail project and that the mood among legislators was sympathetic but without ready solutions.

The nut graf: the administrator flagged bills that could extend the useful life of the county demolition landfill and said staff continue to…

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