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Clay County ranks Fargo-Moorhead diversion as top legislative priority, approves juvenile-facility request and flood-mitigation resolution
Summary
The board approved resolutions to pursue state funding for a non‑secure juvenile facility and for flood-mitigation projects and then voted to prioritize a $44.4 million Minnesota commitment to the Fargo‑Moorhead diversion project for the county’s MMB application; the prioritization passed 4–0 with one abstention.
Clay County commissioners on June 10 approved two resolutions sending legislative requests to the state and then designated the Fargo‑Moorhead diversion project as the county’s top priority for the Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) application.
County staff said the board must submit the application to MMB by June 13, with the option to adjust materials through Oct. 17. “We have until June 13 to complete the application,” the county administrator told the board during the presentation about two legislative priorities.
The board first approved resolution 2020-515 (listed in the agenda packet) supporting the county’s non‑secure juvenile residential…
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