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Residents press council on Kutasco renovation and law-enforcement center talks; Backus lease, Cary Park needs highlighted
Summary
Public commenters and councilors debated a scaled-back renovation proposal for the Kutasco building, coordination with county officials over law-enforcement space and short-term options for Backus and Cary Park uses.
Eric Strand, a resident, told the International Falls City Council he was skeptical that the city’s revised plan for the Kutasco building addressed what he called the structure’s larger deferred-maintenance needs. "That building is terrible…you're absolutely putting lipstick on a pig," Strand said, citing what he said was more than $2,000,000 in deferred maintenance on the property.
Strand asked whether the city had scaled back the Kutasco proposal to reduce a price that earlier had been about $5 million. Mayor (not specified) said the proposal had been brought back to the committee of the whole and that the city had…
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