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Committee considers modest boost to township aid and formula fix to ensure full distribution of appropriations
Summary
Senate File 2116 would increase town aid from $10 million to $11.5 million and change the distribution formula so the entire appropriation is distributed each year. Township representatives described local needs for roads, fire and emergency equipment and internet services. The committee heard testimony and laid the bill over.
Senate File 2116, a proposal to increase state aid to townships and to adjust the distribution formula so the entire appropriation is used each year, was heard April 3 in the Minnesota Senate Tax Committee.
Sponsor remarks noted townships have not received an increase in this aid since 2014 and said the bill would raise annual township aid from $10 million to $11.5 million while changing the formula so that the appropriation…
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