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Legislative recap: county avoids some state cost shifts but landfill rulemaking remains a threat

5413024 · July 17, 2025
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Summary

A legislative consultant summarized the 2025 session outcomes for Beltrami County: some proposed cost shifts to counties were defeated, a modest bonding package passed without local projects, and the MPCA's pending landfill rulemaking could carry unfunded costs for counties.

Darren Lee of Flaherty & Hood briefed Beltrami County commissioners on the 2025 Minnesota legislative session and highlighted items that could affect the county's budget and operations.

Lee said the Legislature avoided several proposed state cost shifts that would have increased county obligations for disability waiver services, behavioral health and certain offender programs.…

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