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Emmons County commissioners debate creating job development authority, $25,000 request for irrigation project draws concern
Summary
Commissioners discussed forming a job development authority (JDA) with a levy of up to 4 mills, potential revenue per mill of roughly $38,000
Emmons County commissioners spent an extended portion of the meeting debating whether to create a county job development authority (JDA) to provide a standing funding mechanism for economic projects and whether the county should provide a one-time $25,000 contribution to an irrigation feasibility project.
Commissioners discussed statutory authority, funding mechanics and politics. Staff pulled Century Code language showing the board can create or discontinue a JDA by resolution, and electors can also petition to remove a JDA. Commissioners who spoke described a JDA mill levy ceiling of 4 mills and estimated that each mill would raise roughly $38,000 to $42,000 countywide depending on included city valuations.
Why it matters: a county-level JDA would give…
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