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Committee hears McCook Lake contingency fund bill after flood testimony; action deferred
Summary
Lawmakers heard House Bill 1108 to create a McCook Lake Contingency Fund to support cleanup, restoration and flood mitigation after an extreme flood. Game, Fish and Parks has an RFP underway; committee deferred action pending scope and cost details.
Representatives and local residents urged the House Appropriations Committee to create a contingency fund for McCook Lake on behalf of House Bill 1108, a bill to establish a McCook Lake Contingency Fund and transfer monies to it for restoration and mitigation after a record flood.
Sponsor Representative Chris Casson, District 17, told the committee the June flood was a FEMA‑declared disaster that washed homes and soil into McCook Lake and drastically reduced property values in parts of North Sioux City and the McCook Lake community. “There was a disaster … it was just a tremendous disaster across this whole entire region,” Casson…
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