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Committee advances Cumberland excluded-city proposal; motion to recommit sent to tax and fiscal, vote 8-0
Summary
The Senate Local Government Committee voted unanimously to recommit legislation that would allow the town of Cumberland’s Marion County portion to become an excluded city under UNIGOV, letting the town control zoning and permitting locally.
The Senate Local Government Committee unanimously (8-0) moved to recommit legislation concerning the town of Cumberland so that the bill can be considered by the Tax and Fiscal Committee.
Representative Miller (House sponsor) and Senator Bridal (Senate sponsor) described the bill as a narrowly tailored effort to make the Marion County portion of the town of Cumberland an “excluded city” under UNIGOV. They told the committee Cumberland has grown from roughly 500 residents in 1970 to more than 6,500 today and provides many municipal services already; the change would allow the town to adopt its own…
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